Una breve nota in ricordo di Harald Hauptmann. La lastra BI 3818 da Butkara I

Harald Hauptmann (1936-2018) have been a close friend of many members of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan, and in particular of Domenico Faccenna. The reserch unit of the Academy of Sciences of Heidelberg led by Harald Hauptmann and the Italian team maintained a long and fruitful collaboration over more than two decades. This note in memoriam includes a quick overview on an incised slab from Butkara I excavated by Faccenna in the late 50s. The slab features the drawing of a tall towered stupa, of the same type we encounter frequently in the rock carvings of the Karakorum Highway where Harald Hauptmann’s team has been active for 25 years.