EditorialHuman remains buried in a wicker coffin. 3000 BC. Old Kingdom or Early Dynastic Period. 1st Dynasty. From Tarkhan. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.
EditorialKhati or Tarkhan, carpenter caste of the Panjab. Man sawing a plank. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of...
EditorialKamdangar, a bowmaker. Shown bending the wood of a bow over a bowl of embers. (Occupational sub-division of ‘Tarkhan’ caste, bowmakers). Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Writt...
Editorial‘Raj’, mason or bricklayer. An occupational sub-group of the ‘Tarkhan’ or carpenter caste. Represented by a man (‘raj’) building the wall and another (‘muzdur’) mixing mortar. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of s...
EditorialKhati or Tarkhan, carpenter caste of the Panjab. Man sawing a plank. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Written at Hansi Cantonment, Hissar District, eighty-five miles north-west of...
EditorialKamdangar, a bowmaker. Shown bending the wood of a bow over a bowl of embers. (Occupational sub-division of ‘Tarkhan’ caste, bowmakers). Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India. Writt...
Editorial‘Raj’, mason or bricklayer. An occupational sub-group of the ‘Tarkhan’ or carpenter caste. Represented by a man (‘raj’) building the wall and another (‘muzdur’) mixing mortar. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of s...
EditorialSample of Fringed Cloth, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 23, ca. 818?700 B.C., From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Tarkhan, BSAE excavations 1911-1913, Linen, 13.5 x 17.5 cm (5 5/16 x 6 7/8 in.).
EditorialLadle, Early Dynastic Period, Dynasty 1, ca. 3100?2649 B.C., From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Tarkhan, Tomb 414, BSAE excavations 1911-1913, wood, L. 35.8 cm (14 1/8 in.); W. 17.4 cm (6 7/8 in.).
EditorialBox Coffin and Rope, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 3?4, ca. 2649?2465 B.C., From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Tarkhan, BSAE excavations 1911-1913, Wood (tamarisk), pigment, fiber, L. 87 cm (34 1/4 in); W. 54 cm (21 1/4 in); W. 59 cm (23 1/4 in), The earliest rec...
EditorialBed (bier), Early Dynastic Period, ca. 2960?2770 B.C., From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Tarkhan, BSAE excavations 1911-1913, Wood, L. 95 cm (37 3/8 in); w. 67 cm (26 3/8 in); h. 28.8 cm (11 5/16 in).
EditorialWavy-handled jar with cross-lined decoration, Early Dynastic Period, ca. 3100?2649 B.C., From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Tarkhan, Tomb 20, BSAE excavations 1911-1913, Pottery, paint, H. 25 cm (9 13/16 in.); Diam. 12.6 cm (4 15/16 in.).
EditorialCastes and tribes of India, Khati or Tarkhan, carpenter caste of the Panjab, Man sawing a plank. Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes, and tribes of India, 1825.
EditorialTashrih al-aqvam, a bowmaker. Shown bending the wood of a bow over a bowl of embers, Occupational sub-division of Tarkhan caste, bowmakers. Tashrih al-aqvam.
EditorialHuman remains buried in a wicker coffin. 3000 BC. Old Kingdom or Early Dynastic Period. 1st Dynasty. From Tarkhan. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.