Objects and Bones, Shells
Four objects in a row. Second from right: ? piece of a stone ware bangle (?).
NOTE: The find numbers written on the back of the photograph A 528, Ab 635, AB 1076, B4.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Shells from Harappa
Three cores of a conch shell. Chipped to remove the pieces of the outer shell.
Left, bottom row: possibly a ladle.
Vats: "Shell was worked with great skill, and every part of it was turned to account in the manufacture of dippers, cups, bangles,
Harappa Button Seals
Nine seals: square, rectangular and oval. In three, the script can be clearly seen. The rest depict geometric motifs, of which one is described as svastika.
Two published in Vats 1940: Plate XCV, nos. 396 and 400; Find numbers: AB 2545 and Ab 43.
Copper Objects from Harappa
Two copper objects, in two rows. The one on top row has a design etched on it.
The one in the bottom row is possibly the copper chisel, which Sahni reported among the finds from Mound F, area of parallel wall:
“a large copper chisel (Ae 342)
Stone Objects Harappa
Left: Inscribed pottery
Middle resembles no. 21, in Vats 1940 (Vol. II) Pl LXXXIII.
Vats described this and another (no. 20) as quatrefoil cones. See Photo 54 for description of 20.
“… No. 21 (PII-20) of red sandstone.