Late Harappan Pottery
Collection of reconstructed pottery from the late levels of Trench 43. These shapes include the final Harappan forms (late Period 3C) and transitional Late Harappan period shapes (Period 4).
Ancient Indus civilization and earlier pottery.
Earthen Jar Fragments Trench AF
Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXIV (d). Title: ‘Harappa: Mound F, Contents of a Cinerary Jar (A (F) 317)’
Sahni described the area this was found as: “between the trench “Ae” … and the long trench A, a large rectangular cutting A(f), 89’ x 66’,
Terra cotta discs
One of the games played by the children of the Indus cities may be represented by terra cotta discs found in graduated sizes.
Terra cotta cones
Decorated terra cotta cones are found at both Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, but no one knows what they may have been used for. Some scholars suggest that they were hung on a string as a plumb-bob for use by masons and carpenters.
Terra cotta nodules
Terra cotta nodules and cakes of different shapes are common at most Indus sites. These objects appear to have been used in many different ways depending on their shape and size.
The flat triangular and circular shaped cakes may have been heated and
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
Earthen Jar
A (e) 308 earthen jar lying to the east of earlier sepulcher in trench A (e).
Possibly a funerary jar.
Burial pottery
Collection of burial pottery without any painted designs. These vessels come from one of the later burials towards the end of the Harappan period, possibly dating to 1900 B. C.
Pot Lying East of Earlier Sepulchre
A (e) 308 earthen jar lying to the east of earlier sepulchre in trench A (e).
A jar insitu.
For Sahni’s description of trench A (e) in Mound F, and its contents, see ARASI 1924-25, pp. 75-76. There is no mention of this earthen jar.
Vats disagreed
Dish or lid
Late Harappan Period dish or lid with perforation at edge for hanging or attaching to large jar. It shows a Blackbuck antelope with trefoil design made of combined circle-and-dot motifs, possibly representing stars.