Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXVIII, figs. 21, 22, 23 and 24.
Title of Plate: ‘Seals and Other Objects’
Labelled, from left to right: “(24) Pit I 42”; “(21) Pit I 39”; “(22) Pit I 40”; “(23) Pit I 41”.
Field no: 42, 39, 40 and 41
Found in Mound AB, Pit I, Sahni: “The only structures reclaimed in pit I were two cells occurring at the depths of 3' and 10' respectively, which might have been kitchens or baths, and a well preserved drain composed of brick with a gabled roof which was exposed for a length of 43' (Plate XXVI, b). It is choked up with mud mixed with charcoal and ashes, apparently the washings of a kitchen. The minor antiquities comprised four well preserved seals (P.1. 39-42) of an unusually large size and with deep cut pictographs (Plate XXVIII, figs. 21-24).” (p. 79-80)
- Daya Ram Sahni, ARASI 1924-25, p. 79-80.
Published in Vats 1940, Plate LXXXV, figs. 4, 6, 3 and 8 [in order of appearance in the photograph]. Title of Plate: ‘Seals’
Vats noted the finds from Stratum II, Pit I:
“Unicorn seal with 5 pictograms. PI. LXXXV, 6. 2 1/4 in. sq. No. PI-39. Depth 5 ft. b.s.”
“Unicorn seal with 8 pictograms. PI. LXXXV, 3. 21 in. sq. No. PI-40. Depth 5 ft. b.s.”
“Unicorn seal with 5 pictograms, lower right corner broken. PL LXXXV, 8. 1½ in. sq. No. PI-41, Depth 5 ft. b.s.”
“Unicorn seal with 8 pictograms. PL LXXXV, 4. If in. sq. No. PI-42, Depth 5 ft. b.s.”
Of Pits I and II and associated contents Vats reported: “There were no brick remains of Stratum II in Pits I or II, but the following antiquities were found in them by the Rai Bahadur:
1. Unicorn seal with 9 pictograms b, broken at the lower right corner. PL LXXXVI, 25. 1 1/2 in. sq. Xo. PII-21, Depth 5 ft. b.s.
2. Unicorn seal with 5 pictograms. PI. LXXXV, 6. 2 1/16 in. sq. No. PI-39 ; Depth 5 ft. b.s.
3. Unicorn seal with 8 pictograms. PI. LXXXV, 3. 2 1/4 in. sq. No. PI-40, Depth 5 ft. b.s.
4. Unicorn seal with 5 pictograms, lower right corner broken. PL LXXXV, 8. 1 1/2 in. sq. No. PI-41, Depth 5 ft. b.s.
5. Unicorn seal with 8 pictograms. PL LXXXV, 4. 1 5/8 in. sq. No. PI-42; Depth 5 ft. b.s.
6. Unicorn seal with 4 pictograms. PL LXXXVIII, 99. 7/8 in. sq. No. PII-23, Depth 5 ft. 6 in. b.s.
7. Unicorn seal with 2 pictograms. PL LXXXVIII, 91. 1 in. sq. No. PII-53, Depth 5 ft. 10 in. b.s.
8. Rectangular, plano-convex steatite seal with 3 pictograms. PL XCII, 289. Size 11/16 x 3/8 in. No. PI-44; Depth 6 ft. b.s.
9. Four-petalled flower cone of red sandstone’ with a cyhndrical hole through the centre and a tubular drill socket in the side. PL LXXXIII, 21. Ht. 2 3/4 in.; diam. 3 1/4 in. No. PII-20, Depth 5 ft. b.s.
10. Two hornblende pendents, deeply grooved at the neck. Ht. 5/8 and 9/18 in. No. PI-70 and 71, Depth 6 ft. 6 in. b.s.
11. A small faience flower with six petals. Damaged. Diam. 1 in. No. PI-58; Depth 5 ft. 3 in. b.s.
- Vats, M.S. 1940, Vol. I, p. 152.