Female figurine
Female figurine (H2000-4997/9811-02) from Trench 43.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Broken canisters
Broken canisters, often with glassy vitrified surfaces, were found throughout the Trench 54 South workshop debris. Lumps of frothy faience slag with embedded fragments of bone were also quite common in the debris.
Attachable water buffalo horns from Harappa
The appropriation of animal attributes can be accomplished through such paraphernalia as masks/amulets and other objects that can be attached to a costume.
Dish or lid
Late Harappan Period dish or lid with perforation at edge for hanging or attaching to large jar. It shows a Blackbuck antelope with trefoil design made of combined circle-and-dot motifs, possibly representing stars.
Burial of woman and infant, Harappa
This burial was disturbed in antiquity, possibly by ancient Harappan grave robbers.
Female figurine
Female figurine (H2000-4993/9845-07) from Trench 43.
Kiln setter
Part of a terra cotta kiln setter found in the Trench 54 South workshop debris. The tip is not vitrified and may have been buried in ash during the firing process.
Two composite anthropomorphic / animal figurines from Harappa
Whether or not the masks/amulets and attachable water buffalo horns were used in magic or other rituals, unusual and composite animals and anthropomorphic/animal beings were clearly a part of Indus ideology.
Harappa 1993-2001 Mound E/ET plan
Plan view of the east side of Mound E and the west side of Mound ET showing areas excavated between 1993 and 2001 (Trenches 9, 10, 11). The massive perimeter wall of Mound E encloses architectural remains of Harappa phase Periods 3B and 3C and
Mound E excavation
Workmen are cleaning the Trench 11 area in preparation for photography during the 1997 excavation season. Perimeter wall [250] is on the left.