Jewelry

Ancient Indus Civilization Jewelry.

Female Figurine

Female figurine with three sets of chokers and necklaces. This is one of the largest female figurines found at Harappa and it has the common fan shaped headdress with cups on either side of the head. Traces of black pigment or soot have been found

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Terracotta bangle fragments

Terracotta bangle fragments decorated with red trefoils outlined in white on a green ground from late Period 3C deposits in Trench 43. This image shows both sides of the two fragments (H98-3516/8667-01 & H98-3517/8679-01).

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Detail of terracotta bangle, Harappa

Detail of terracotta bangle with red and white trefoil on a green background (H98-3516/8667-01 from Trench 43). Trefoil motifs are carved on the robe of the so-called "priest-king" statuette from Mohenjo-daro and are also known from contemporary

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Monkey figurine

Triple monkey figurine amulet with hole in center. This miniature carved faience bead or pin ornament shows three monkeys in tight embrace with amused expressions on their faces. Possibly placed on a stick or cord. Possibly molded and carved.

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Group of artefacts

Artifacts found in one excavation unit from the Trench 54 South workshop include raw steatite, sawn blocklets, incised tablets, a broken mold, and numerous faience beads as well as faience tablets.

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Harappa phase banded beads in situ

In the street levels above the drain a collection of banded sandstone and banded terracotta beads were discovered.

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Harappa phase banded beads

Banded sandstone beads and (bottom row) imitation stone beads made of different colors of clay.

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Burial of adult man, Harappa

The body may have been wrapped in a shroud, and was then placed inside a wooden coffin, which was entombed in a rectangular pit surrounded with burial offerings in pottery vessels.

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Excavating a red stoneware bangle

Randall Law and Shamoon excavating a red stoneware bangle in Period 3C levels just below the surface in Trench 43.

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Red stoneware bangle

Red stoneware bangle (H2000-4490/9843-01) with no inscription. The lack of inscription may indicate that this may have been a place where the bangles were stored prior to inscribing them for distribution.

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