Accession No

1953.533 D


Description

Part of a miniature jar of medium, orange to buff coloured fabric with mica grains. The vessel has: a flat, circular, obtuse-angled base; a body that is wide and carinated at the bottom and tapered towards the top; an everted, rounded rim. More than one half of vessel missing.


Place

Asia; South Asia; Pakistan; Sindh; Mohenjo-daro


Period

Harappan 2500-2000 BC


Source

Gordon, D. H. (Colonel) [collector and donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1953.533 D


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery


Local Term


Measurements

38mm x 33mm Weight 0.0176kg


Events

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1953.533 A-F: 'A-D. Four miniature pots, slightly 'bung footed', in reddish buff clay. E-F: Two lids for miniature pots, in buff ware.'
Event Date 1953
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Accession register entry for 1953.533 A-F: 'Four miniature pots and two lids.'
Event Date 1953
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Display)
Exhibited: on display in the Clarke Gallery, case 64, from 1984 until 26/02/2010.
Event Date 1984
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (References)
Dales, George F. and Kenoyer, Jonathan Mark (1986). 'Excavations at Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan: The Pottery'. University Museum Monograph 53, University of Pennsylvania. cf. Fig. 22.10.
Event Date 1986
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Description (Physical description)
Part of a miniature jar of medium, orange to buff coloured fabric with mica grains. The vessel has: a flat, circular, obtuse-angled base; a body that is wide and carinated at the bottom and tapered towards the top; an everted, rounded rim. More than one half of vessel missing.
Event Date 27/9/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


Context (Amendments / updates)
Two miniature pots were found marked with the number 1953.533 D. It is believed that the larger of the two pots has been marked with the incorrect suffix, and is in fact 1953.533 C.
Event Date 27/9/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad


FM:304338

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