Seal Impression
Indus Valley Seal from Mohenjo-daro, c.2500-2000 B.C. Carved in intaglio there is the figure of what has been taken to be the urus ox shown with only one horn as it might be seen in profile. Above this there are four letters of the Indus script. On the reverse there is a boss, pierced laterally with a hole to take a cord.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Steatite, coated with an alkaline substance and baked. |
| Brief description | Seal from Mohenjo-daro, c.2500-2000 B.C. |
| Physical description | Indus Valley Seal from Mohenjo-daro, c.2500-2000 B.C. Carved in intaglio there is the figure of what has been taken to be the urus ox shown with only one horn as it might be seen in profile. Above this there are four letters of the Indus script. On the reverse there is a boss, pierced laterally with a hole to take a cord. |
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| Object history | Bought from the D.H.Gordon collection, 1951. |
| Associated object | IS.8:1-1951 (Original) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.8:2-1951 |
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| Record created | February 11, 2015 |
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