The Indus Civilization c9.14

c9.14

Another kind of ware, which is rather more uncommon, is made of a grey clay that burns the same colour and is generally coated with a thick black slip. This clay, unlike the ordinary type, rarely seems to have required a *dégraissant*; it has a peculiar soapy feel and, whether coated with a slip or not, is always carefully polished, the marks left by the polisher being usually in a horizontal direction. Although pottery of a very similar colour is known in Sumer, the date of the levels in which it is found is earlier than that assigned to Mohenjo-daro.