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A New Mystery -Ancient Terracotta Blocks 

This was sourced by the London flea-market dealer from Pakistan.

And when my eyes fell upon it, it was retrieved with difficulty from the back of  a shelf.  Lying in a plastic packet as a neglected group, these little ancient blocks from the Indus Valley Civilisation, the dealer originally intended to offer these to a museum but life events came in the way and were relegated to a forgotten corner. And thus, I got lucky.

Each end of the double-sided block has a unique motif representing a leaf or flower.

They size of the imprint varies from a few mm to 4 cm. What could such tiny blocks be used for?

Ancient indus valley terracotta

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Jaina Mishra

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One comment on “A New Mystery -Ancient Terracotta Blocks 

  1. Helen
    May 24, 2018

    Hi sometimes this type of tool is used in baking! making an embossed motif on special cakes or biscuits. Especially in Central Europe

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