Jewelry

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. Also note the chert blade and flake (upper left) th… >

Kot Diji phase terracotta bangles include many styles and incised and painted decorations. Grey bangles were produced in kilns with a reducing atmosphere and red bangles were fired in an oxidizing atmosphere. >

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. >

Tubular drill hole in an unfinished bead found from the bead pot (83) at Harappa. This unfinished bead with a tubular drilled hole suggests that bead workshops were still producing ornaments at Harappa during the Late Harappan Period, circa 1700 BC… >

A small faience ram amulet recovered from the fill associated with the southwestern edge of the "granary" platform. (Trench 41SW, H97-3434/7650-01, Length = 21.8 mm) >

This set of steatite disc beads, each about 1 cm in diameter, were found in the Kot Diji phase street and appear to be a necklace segment that was lost in the trash. The manufacturing marks are clearly visible. The matched nature of the beads sugges… >

This terra cotta bead necklace with two strands of long biconical beads dates to the Ravi Phase (c. 3300 BCE). >

This collection was found from the eroding surface of Bawani, a site not far from Harappa that dates from the 3rd century BC. The red brown beads are glass beads of the Early Historic Period showing a continuity with the glazing technology of red fa… >

Black and white spiral faience bead (H2000-5005/9845-48 from Trench 43). >

During the Kot Diji phase many new types of raw material were brought to Harappa for making ornaments and tools, indicating expanded trade networks and suggesting a growing population of consumers. A wide variety of stones reflecting different stage… >