Nimogram : Pakistani Archaeological Site : Minor Finds

The digital collection is made up of five parts: 1) Artifacts recorded in the antiquities register at the time of excavation 2) Objects in the Swat Museum storerooms noted as stray finds from Nimogram, some of which are likely to have been found during the initial survey that led to the excavation 3) Miscellaneous minor finds in the Swat Museum storerooms that were wrapped in paper or tagged as ‘Nimogram' but without a specific accession number 4) Site photographs and the DOAM drawing made in the first season of excavation; the numbering in this drawing, different from numbering used in later drawings, was presumably used when identifying the find site of objects during this first season 5) Descriptions of the objects, with the iconographic details based on generally accepted knowledge. The Department of Archaeology and Museums of the Government of Pakistan (DOAM) collected, excavated and stored these objects and gave Raducha permission to photograph, study and publish them. Many individuals within DOAM provided Raducha with guidance and assistance including those listed below with their titles at that time: Director General Mohammad Ishtiaq Khan, Director Khurshid Hasan, Deputy Director Inayat-ur-Rehman, Curator of the Swat Museum Nazir Ahmad Khan, Director General Fazal Dad Kakar, Assistant Director, Archaeology Department Abdul Ghafoor, Curator of the Reserve, Taxila Museum Assadullah Khan, Curator of the Taxila Museum, Abdullah Naser. Luca M. Olivieri,co-Director/Project Manager of the ACT Project of IsIAO - Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan,wrote descriptions of the minor finds in this collection and provided feedback and advice at several junctures as the digital archive project developed. Elizabeth Errington, Curator of South Asian Coins and Masson Project Coins of South and South-east Asia, Afghanistan and the Masson Collection in the Departments of Asia/Coins and Medals of the BritishMuseum wrote descriptions of the coins from the site. Neha Mohan, student and then a research intern at the UW-Madison (UW) library, provided invaluable support for the two year duration of the project. Staff members of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center, including Steven Dast, Peter Gorman, Melissa McLimans, Vicki Tobias and Leah Ujda, were enthusiastic and flexible working through many issues particular to making this collection available. UW South Asian bibliographer, Mary Rader, provided advice and encouragement at several decision points in the project. Grant support for various stages of the research leading to the implementation of this project include: the Fulbright Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship program(1979), the Smithsonian Institution (1986), the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (2010), and the US Department of State (2010). The implementation of this digital archive project was made possible through the support of the digital archive division of the University of Wisconsin Libraries and the UW- Madison Division of International Studies.