Steatite Unicorn Seals
It is worth noting that in these earlier reports, seals were photographed in their original form. In Vats' monograph, photographs of the stamp seals were mostly taken from plaster casts of the originals, i.e.
Ancient Indus Valley civilization seals
Steatite Seals
These steatite seals are depicted in Sahni's report for 1923-24, although only only is described and its location provided.
The four seals are listed clockwise from the top left.
Seal 1: (Sahni Pl XIX, 13)
Seal 2: Mound A-B, Stratum V (Sahni, Pl XIX,
Faience button seal
Faience button seal (H99-3814/8756-01) with swastika motif found on the floor of Room 202 (Trench 43).
Glazed steatite, faience bead, and unfinished steatite seal
Glazed steatite gaming piece, faience bead, and unfinished steatite seal (H99-3860/8756-30) from Room 202 (Trench 43).
Kot Diji phase elephant seal - obverse
Obverse of an unfinished elephant seal (H2000-4474/8994-01) in steatite from the Kot Diji phase levels at Harappa. This is the earliest seal with an elephant motif known from the region and may have been a prototype for later Indus seals.
Kot Diji phase elephant seal - reverse
View of the reverse of the elephant seal (H2000-4474/8994-01) from the Kot Diji phase levels, shows manufacturing marks and traces of a perforated knob or boss that is characteristic of Early Harappan seals.
Eastern edge of Mound E
A large number of seals and inscribed objects were discovered in excavations on the eastern edge of Mound E from 1993 to 1997. This view of excavations in Trench 10W shows two rooms of houses along the edge of a north-south street.
Long rectangular seal with no animal motif
This type of seal is only found in the last part of the Harappan Phase, Period 3C. A similar rectangular seal was found on Mound F in the 1998 excavations of the circular platforms (Trench 43).
Seal Fragment
Seal fragment of a man with double bun and three fingered hand or trident. Trench 39 North, upper levels, Harappa Phase.