Glazed kiln setter with bone
A glazed terra cotta kiln setter with bone fused onto the splayed surface appears to have been an important part of the firing process in the Trench 54 South faience workshop.
Slides in full or partial color.
Mound E excavation
Workmen are cleaning the Trench 11 area in preparation for photography during the 1997 excavation season. Perimeter wall [250] is on the left.
Dish-on-stand
Late Harappan Period Dish-on-stand from Harappa with a hole in the center of the dish that may have been used for a special ritual purpose. The dish is pedestaled on a heavy base with triple ridges.
Wheeler's List 2 Plates [171-174]
Could be 184 at the end
Male figurine
Male figurine (H2000-4975/9878-07) from Trench 43.
Pointed base goblets
The pointed base results from rapid manufacture off a fast wheel and makes it easy for stacking in the kiln. The grooves around the body may serve as a simple decoration, but they also allow for a better grip.
Found only in the largest cities and
Uppermost Architecture
Tr. B1, uppermost architecture (Bakkar Buthi).
Covered Drain, SD Area
Covered Drain emptying down slope on major street leading to the Great Bath.
Reconstruction of tablet manufacture
Experimental efforts to manufacture and fire faience and steatite tablets were undertaken by J. Mark Kenoyer in Madison, Wisconsin, during the summer of 2001.
Trench 11 excavations
The Trench 11 area showing the perimeter wall (on the left), the curtain wall, and the Period 3C drain that cut deeply into the Period 3B deposits (see the labeled plan in 72). The sediments outside of the perimeter wall are hard packed ashy debris