Two copper objects, in two rows. The one on top row has a design etched on it.
The one in the bottom row is possibly the copper chisel, which Sahni reported among the finds from Mound F, area of parallel wall:
“a large copper chisel (Ae 342) measuring 8 3/4 “ long by 2 ft wide with a broad cutting edge”; “which must have been used for planning wood. It is badly corroded on one side but has a figure resembling a bull chased on the other side. (ARASI 1924-25, p. 77)
Of the copper objects at Harappa, Vats noted:
“Despite the fact that copper and bronze objects are found from the earliest strata upwards, they have not been recovered in such large numbers as might have been expected. Outstanding, however, among them is the remarkable group found in the copper jar No. 277 … which comprised a hundred examples not only of a very varied character but in a wonderfully good state of preservation. These objects are figured in PI. CXXIII, 1-33, and 35-67, and in PI. CXXIV, 1-21 and 23-25. Usually, the copper and bronze utensils unearthed at Harappa are so thoroughly corroded that they are hardly able to withstand chemical treatment. The weapons and implements, too, are also badly corroded, while most of the thinner objects, such as antimony rods, pins, arrow-tips, finger, ear, and nose-rings, etc., are frequently in small bits. Most of these objects have been found in Mounds F and AB, but a fair proportion also, commensurate with the extent of the digging, in Area J. From the Cemetery H there came the single fragmentary spear-head No. H410, and from Area G only one bit of copper and another rectangular piece. Perhaps the fact that these areas are saturated with saltpetre to a greater degree than the higher mounds explains the rarity of metal objects now left in them” (Vats 1940, I, p. 383).
NOTE: The find numbers written on the back of the photograph A 784, A (L) 342.