Bharat Vidya Prayojana

Seal No L-82A
No as per ASI L-82A
Uid SSC0752_L-82A
Type Seal
ImageDate 2500BCE-1900BCE
Artefact Reference Epigraphia Indus Script – Hypertexts Meanings (Vol. 2) P -327
Keywords
Reference link N/A
Reading order K1+K2+K3+K4+K5+KK1+KK2
Rebus decoding ingot+fish+splinter+bent+fish+A jag, notch, or indentation+rice plant
Meaning conveyed quantity of metal produced at one time in a native smelting furnace
Description A seal with epigraphy on it
Country India
Place of Reference Lothal
Present Location N/A
Remarks N/A
Misc N/A
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Basic
Image basic Comp ID Basic Meaning Word Deduced based on Indian Lexicon Language Reference for the Word Rebus Word Mapped Rebus Word Meaning Additional Reference
K1 ingot mũh, muhã ' N/A mũh, muhã 'quantity of metal produced at one time in a native smelting furnace N/A
K2 fish ayo (RÌ¥gveda) Thus, native metal implements aya, ayas iron, alloy metal' N/A
K3 splinter sal N/A sal workshop N/A
K4 bent kuṭila कौटिलिकः kauṭilikḥ कौटिलिकः kuṭila, katthīl bronze (8 parts copper and 2 parts tin) cf. āra-kūṭa, 'brass' Old English ār 'brass, copper, bronze' Old Norse eir 'brass, copper', German ehern 'brassy, bronzen'. kastīra n. ʻ tin ʼ lex. 2. *kastilla -- .1. H. kathīr m. ʻ tin, pewter ʼ; G. kathīr n. ʻ pewter ʼ.2. H. (Bhoj.?) kathīl, °lā m. ʻ tin, pewter ʼ; M. kathīl n. ʻ tin ʼ, kathlẽ n 1 A hunter.-2 A blacksmith
K5 fish ayo (RÌ¥gveda) aya iron' ayas 'alloy metal'
Composite
Image Composite Comp ID Composite Meaning Word Deduced based on Indian Lexicon Language Reference for the Word Rebus Word Mapped Rebus Word Meaning Additional Reference
KK1 A jag, notch, or indentation khāṇḍā N/A khaṇḍa implements N/A
KK2 rice plant kolmo खांडा kolimi smithy, forge'. Thus, ingot forge. N/A

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