PAKISTAN INDUS bronze ring circa 1800-1000 BC
$85.00
PAKISTAN, Balochistan, INDUS, ring, circa 1800-1000 BC, tall conoid with shallow depression to hold a gem, beaded and corded decoration around base, bronze, 19mm i.d., “gem” collar is 15mm o.d. and 8mm tall, band is 10-11mm wide, 10.21g, VF
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Description
The Bronze Age Indus culture went through a period of prosperity in the 1000-600 BC period. There was a lot of metal around. “Everyone” could have some.
Humans started building cities, meaning a group of more than one family living in a planned and administered community, in the late neolithic period, about 10,000 years ago, roughly. The earliest known cities of South Asia (India-Pakistan-etc.) were Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, now in Pakistan. We call the culture that built those cities “Indus.” There was no writing, but there was fine pottery, polished and carved stone, and metal work. Lots of it. They were prosperous for many centuries. They didn’t have horses, but they had cattle, and some of them did yoga.
Over the decades I’ve been selling collectibles my market has been about 97% coins, 2% paper money, 1% everything else.
