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Jul 17, 2012
Jul 17, 2012
Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
c. 2000 BC
Possibly kaolinite
Overall: 2.5 x 2.5 cm (1 x 1 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1964.104
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Animals are the most popular motifs in the visual culture of the Indus Valley Civilization, shown much more often than human figures or cityscapes.
Description
Small stone seals, probably used to identify merchandise or property, are among the most numerous objects surviving from the protohistoric urban sites along the banks of the Indus River system. This example has a bovine creature with one horn and one ear showing in profile, his head held over an altar-like object.
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