Accession No
1976.1313 B
Description
Terracotta cake which is triangular in shape with two corners missing. Made up of a coarse buff red fabric with a pale slip on the surface.
Place
Asia; South Asia; Pakistan; Sindh; Allahdino
Period
Harappan 2300-1750 BC
Source
Department of Archaeology and Museums, Pakistan [donor]; Allchin, Bridget [excavator]; Allchin, Frank Raymond [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1976.1313 B; ALD 16 [Antiquity No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery; Terracotta
Local Term
Measurements
78mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Surface collection from discarded dump. Excavated by Raymond Allchin, Bridget Allchin and team during a survey in 1975. See archive (Doc.283) for typescript list and details of the donation by the Government of Pakistan.
Event Date 1975
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1976.1313 [A-B]: 'Two fragments of triangular terracotta cake.'
Event Date 1976
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Terracotta cake which is triangular in shape with two corners missing. Made up of a coarse buff red fabric with a pale slip on the surface.
Event Date 25/9/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth
Context (Analysis)
Terracotta cakes were most likely "heated to boil water, and used as kiln setters in other contexts". Cortesi, E., Tosi, M., Lazzari, A., & Vidale, M. (2008). Cultural Relationships beyond the Iranian Plateau: The Helmand Civilization, Baluchistan and the Indus Valley in the 3rd Millennium BCE. Paléorient, 34(2), 5–35. Pg.17.
Event Date 26/9/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:304310
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