Fragmentswith horizontal relief lines made of mud
applied on the outer surface. {Left)Jalilpur II; (Right)
Periano Ghundai. Elsewherein northern Baluchistan,this
type of decoration occurs on large water pitchers belonging
to the early Harappan period, sometimescalled "Periano
wet" or "Khojak parallel-striated" wares. Similar wares
come from Gumla III and the surface of several sites in
the central Indus Valley.
Small terracotta finds from Jalilpur II: balls; "cake"
fragments and fragmentary frame and wheel of a toy cart.
Lower part of terracotta female figurinesand one head
from Period II and surface. Similar figurines also occur in
Sarai Khola II and Gumla 11-I II.
southern Iran and of Mundigak III, 6 in southern
Afghanistan. (6) Black-on-red wares comprising
tall or squat offering stands, interacting painted
designs and open-mouthed bowls like those which
are found elsewhere in the early Harappan contexts but which are otherwise popularly associated with mature Harappan wares. (7) Straight
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Trench C during excavation.
and wavy horizontal decoration in relief on the
external surfaces of the so-called "Periano wet"
or "Khojak parallel-striated" wares.
The small finds from Period II included terracotta toy-cart frames and wheels with a protruding hub; more of the so-called terracotta "cakes";
animal figurines, especially of humped bulls with
short legs; copper or bronze rods; parallel-sided
chert blades with reworked edges; pestles; saddle
querns and leaf-shaped arrowheads of stone;
terracotta bracelets either gray or red in color;
shell bangles and several beads of lapis lazuli imported from Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan. Of special interest were some stylized terracotta female figurines showing a generic relationship with those from Goeksjur in Soviet Turkmenia which belong to the Namazge III period
(ca. 3000-2700 b.c.), and also with examples
found at Shahri-i-Sokhta in Iranian Seistan as
well as Gumla and Sarai Khola in northern Pakistan.