Sculpture in thickness of wall in the N.E. corner of pit II from S.E.
The photograph is of brick structure, with a label PII 99. No sculpture is visible.
PII is Pit II, AB Mound, and Sahni stated that: “No structural remains were met with in this trench until the excavation reached the depth of 12', where a portion of a solidly built house was brought to light. One complete room in this structure has internal dimensions of 15'X 5’ 10" and is provided with one door on the south and presumably two on the north side. … In the southeast corner of this trench was found a brick built grave of the same type as those brought to light in mound F. … The third trench could not be excavated to any considerable depth but the fourth or the northernmost pit revealed the remains of several structures, the best preserved one of which is a rectangular cell measuring 7’7” x 6’8'' internally (Plate XXVI, c). The walls which are only 11” in thickness have coarse mud joints and in the interior of the cell was revealed a covered brick drain but no other objects of any kind."
- Daya Ram Sahni ARASI 1924-25, p. 80.
Vats mentioned “the extremely fragmentary nature of the brick remains in this area [viz. Pit I and Pit II]. Such as they are, the best preserved of the walls and chambers belong to the IVth stratum ; those of the Illrd, are much more dilapidated, while in the Ilnd and 1st strata there are hardly any remains at all” (p. 160)
Of Stratum IV he noted:
“We come now to the lVth stratum when this area was bisected from east to west by the long gable-roofed drain and a wall of Stratum V already described. In the southern part of the *Eastern Section, in squares Q 24/14, 19, and 24, were discovered in the original Pit II the fragmentary remains of House 5 of the IVth stratum. The house has all but perished; at present it measures 27 ft. 7 in. from west to east by 19 ft. 6 in. from north to south, and appears to have consisted of four rooms, i.e., two in front towards the south, and two, at the back entered from the front. The south-eastern room has a doorway opening 4 ft. 2 in. wide; the other doorways have disappeared. The width of the front rooms is 5 ft. 10 in., and of the back ones 7 ft. 6 in., the length of the largest room being 15 ft. 2 in. In this house was found a small, bossed faience sealing (No. PII-86, 9/16 in. sq.) relieved with two rows of rectilinear patterns.” (Vats 1940, p.162)
*Footnote 5: For division of this excavation into Eastern, Middle and Western sections see p. 145 supra (ibid)
- Vats, M.S., 1940, Vol. I.
There is no mention of PII-99 in ARASI 1924-25 and Vats 1940.