Harappa

Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.

These two gold bead were originally part of the same ornament. Thin gold foil was placed over the outside of a sandy core around a copper tube (H2000-4382/2087-02, Mound E, Trench 54). >

Overview of Trench 54 looking south to the slope on the far side where the steatite and faience workshop was discovered. >

This uniquely shaped tablet (H2001-5090/2913-09), also made with two colors of faience, has an inscription similar to that seen on the previous slide (67). This tablet was found inside the workshop in Trench 54 South. >

Overview of the excavations showing the Harappan (Period 3) and Early Harappan (Period 2) walls on the west side of Trench 54. North is to the right. >

Section through the northwestern portion of the "granary" platform directly below the baked brick "granary" walls (Trench 1NW). Similarity of composition of the mud-bricks in the northwestern, southwestern, and southeastern parts of the "granary" pl… >

After clearing an interior area in the southeast part of the "granary", it became evident that the inner baked brick wall of the original structure had been dismantled by the ancient Harappans before they filled in the resulting void and built the o… >

Red stoneware bangle (H2000-4490/9843-01) with no inscription. The lack of inscription may indicate that this may have been a place where the bangles were stored prior to inscribing them for distribution. >

Ravi phase hand-formed (not in molds) mud-bricks were found in the early levels mixed with ash and broken pieces of pottery. They may originally have been part of a firing structure or kiln. >