Clay 260 grams; 154.91 mm. Circa 2500 - 1700 B.C. A circular dish with a vertical, out curving rim, on the bottom plate is a four tiered palm branch. Around the raised rim is a cross hatched motif with seven semi circles each with another hatched semi circle inside. Similar palm motif from the Chanhudaro culture within the Indus Valley civilisation are discussed on page 78 in Proto-Historic Pottery of Indus Valley Civilisation by Sudha Satyawadi. Chanhudaro is an archaeological site belonging to the Jhukar phase of Indus valley civilization. The site is located 130 kilometres (81 miles) south of Mohenjodaro, in Sindh, Pakistan. The settlement was inhabited between 4000-1700 BC, and is considered to have been a centre for manufacturing carnelian beads. Rejoined, otherwise Very Fine condition.