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Harappa

Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.

Terracotta Birds

Four figures of birds. All without the head. NOTE: The find numbers written on the back of the photograph A (e) 96. AF 263. >

Copper Vessel

Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXVII (i), and mentioned by Sahni as P.II, 13. Title of plate: ‘Terracotta and Other Objects’. Field no. PII-13. Published in Vats 1940, Vol. II, Plate C XXIV, 26; Sketch in Vats 1940, Vol. II, Plate … >

Mound B Pot in Bricks

View of mound B showing the narrow space at the west end of the twin chatti the small earthen jar fixed among bricks. View of a rectangular structure, with walls of bricks and an embedded earthen jar at the corner. Sahni described the structures … >

Two Terracotta Toy Carts

The wheel (A 233) was found inside the large earthen chati unearthed in the first long trench on Mound F. "(21) The only other kind of toy is a cart (Plate X. Photo. No. 2749) consisting of a shallow rectangular basin with rings for the ends of t… >

Game Board

A wide variety of game pieces from Mohenjo-daro on a modern wooden board. Sir John Marshall, one of the earliest excavators at Mohenjo-daro writes in the monumental work summarizing the first finds at the site (Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Civiliza… >

Figurines

A collection of terra cotta figurines of humans and animals from recent excavations at Harappa. Harappa Archaeological Research Project. >

Painted burial pottery

Painted burial pottery from Harappa. The two largest vessels were found in the same burial and are described below. The other smaller vessels were found in an earlier burial and represent an older style of pottery. Tall jar with concave neck and … >

Harappa Trench 39S

Looking up from the bottom of Trench 39S one can see habitation levels spanning over 500 years from approximately 3300 BCE at the bottom to 2800 BCE at the top. The white arrow pointing north is lying at the edge of a large storage pit dug into natu… >

Terra cotta necklace find

Conservators very carefully excavate and consolidate a necklace of terra cotta beads found in the Ravi Phase levels at Harappa in 1998. On the left is Arif Husain of Karachi University assisting Elizabeth Robertson of the Smithsonian Institution. >

Button seal

This fired steatite button seal from the Kot Dijian Phase (Period 2, 2800-2600 BCE) shows a unique pattern that may be an early form of the Harappan script sign that may represent "house" or "temple." >

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