1877.J W. T. BUnionl— On Ancient Potterij, Sfc. from Baluchistan. 157 



Mr. W. T. Bla:ntord exhibited a collection o£ pottery and various 

 implements of stone, including flint knives, together with agate beads, cop- 

 per ornaments, coins, &c. found by Major E. Mockler, Political Agent at 

 Gwadar, amongst the ruins of dwelling places and tombs in various parts 

 of Makran (Baldchistan) . Mr. Blanford said — 



It is nearly a year since I had the pleasure of announcing to the So- 

 ciety''^ some of the results of Major Mockler's researches amongst the ruins 

 of tombs and other buildings in Makran. I then exhibited some drawings 

 of these ancient remains and of the articles found in them. A fuller acr 

 count has since been published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 

 I have now the pleasure of exhibiting not only the original collection made 

 by Major Mockler at Sutkagen Dor, Damba Koh and some other places, but 

 several additions to his former discoveries. 



Amongst the specimens on the table from Sutkagen Dor, 40 miles 

 northwest of Gwadar, are some very well shaped flint knives, precisely such 

 as we might expect to have been split off from such cores as those from 

 Sakhar on the Indus, which I exhibited in 1875, f and which are now in the 

 Geological Museum. These knives were found together with several articles 

 of pottery (apparently made on a wheel,) one of the best of which is a 

 vessel resembling a drinking cup, (PI. II, fig. 1) whilst some are extremely 

 small, about an inch in diameter, and are considered by Major Mockler 

 children's toys. They might perhaps have been intended to hold offerings 

 to minor deities. Other articles found at Sutkagen Dor comprise cubes 

 like dice cut in stone, stone and pottery beads, spheres of burnt clay re- 

 sembling marbles and a few fragments of copper ornaments. 



The next series of specimens are from Damba Koh, 40 miles west of 

 Sutkagen Dor. From this place and from other localities in the neighbour- 

 hood several very beautifully shaped articles of pottery, evidently intended 

 for holding water, were procured by Major Mockler. These vessels have 

 as a rule small orifices and well formed spouts ; sometimes there is a second 

 orifice. Some of the water pots are ornamented with lines and bands, and 

 some small round vessels (fig. 2) have perforated projections at the side, 

 evidently for the purpose of string being attached by which the pots may 

 be suspended. Another very small vessel about five inches long has the 

 form of an amphora (fig. 3). Besides the pottery, copper bracelets (fig. 5), 

 a small copper lamp or ladle (fig. 6), carnelian beads, and stones for 

 sharpening knives are exhibited, all procured from the ddmhs or tonibs of 

 Damba Koh, Jimi and Giiti. 



These form the first series of specimens sent by Major Mockler, and 

 I had intended to exhibit them in April last. I have since received anothe\'> 



* Proceedings for August, 1876, p. 172. 

 t Proceedings for July, 1875, p. 134, 



