Granary

Plan view of the so-called "granary" or "parallel-wall structure" on Mound F at Harappa indicating areas of HARP excavations conducted in 1997 and 1999. Note that the structural remains surrounding the "granary" are, for the most part, later than th… >

Detail view of the fill inside the "granary" buttress. Large pottery sherds, bone, and baked brick fragments lie on the bottom with finer silts on the top >

No grain, storage containers or clay sealings such as would have been attached to goods for shipment were found in the so-called "Granaries" of Harappa or Mohenjo-daro. Archaeologists today prefer to call these structures great halls, since they wer… >

REM Granary Looking north along the western edge of the Granary excavations. A large storage vessel crushed by the weight of the overlying sediments is visible at the edge of a small wall. The fired brick wall on the right shows multiple building… >

Overview of the "granary" area looking towards the southeast. The walls have been partly restored for conservation purposes by the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Pakistan. >

All of the sediment and artifacts were removed from "granary" buttress [99] for analysis, revealing the method of corbelled arch construction. >

Individual rooms are 15 by 6 meters long, and have sleeper walls for airspace between them. At each end of the rooms are three raised platforms. >

REM Granary Overlooking the northwest corner of the REM Granary excavations. A stairway indicates the presence of a second story. Square voids in the edges of the walls are where wooden posts would have been built into the brick foundation to sup… >

Excavations in 1997 at the southeast corner of the "granary" area were undertaken to recover a full sequence of pottery, architectural features, and inscribed objects. Here workers have found a seal near the base of the excavations in Trench 41NE th… >

After excavation, "granary" buttress [99] was reconstructed using the original bricks set into modern clay mortar. >