Squatted globular jar with small
opening,
wide
shoulder and small foot. The upper part
of
the
belly painted with a horizontal register
of
pipal
leaves interruped by vertical lines.
This type of fired clay vessel was
mostly
produced at the site of Merhgarh in
Baluchistan.
From here and other small centres, they
were
traded far and wide throughout
Baluchistan,
from
the borders of the Indus Valley to
south-
eastern
Iran. Examples of this pottery were also
carried
by merchants and nomads during their
travels
within the Indus Valley, and fragments
have
been
found at the site of Harappa dating to
2800-
2600 BCE and possibly even earlier. The
motifs
painted include both geometric and
floral and
stylised animals. Yet, this type of
pottery was
no
more produced after the beginning of the
mature
Harappan period (i.e. 2600 BCE).
For comparable examples see: J.F.Jarrige
ed.,
Les
Cites Oubliees de l'Indus: Archeologie
du
Pakistan, 1988: pp.105-107.
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