Bharat Vidya Prayojana

Seal No B-17A
No as per ASI B-17A
Uid SSC0096_B-17A
Type Seal
ImageDate 2500BCE-1900BCE
Artefact Reference Epigraphia Indus Script – Hypertexts Meanings (Vol. 2)
Keywords Tiger
Reference link
Reading order K1+K2+K3+K4+K5+K6+K7+K8
Rebus decoding Tiger+Lathe+Fish+ spliter+Stand+a men or women+four+lid
Meaning conveyed The discovery of a tiger seal from the sitting room and a few others from the house and its vicinity, weights ofchert, and lapis lazuli beads and deluxe Harappan pottery indicate that the house belonged to a prominent merchant.
Description A tiger seal with one horn and men or women body.
Country India
Place of Reference India
Present Location N/A
Remarks N/A
Misc N/A

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 tiger kol (Santali); kollan ‘blacksmith’ (Ta.)
K2 śagaḍī = lathe (Gujarati) śagaḍī = śagaḍī = lathe (Gujarati) san:gaḍa, ‘lathe, portable furnace’; rebus: sangath संगथ् । संयोगःsan:gaḍa, ‘lathe, portable furnace’; rebus: sangath संगथ् । संयोगः (Gujarati) sangath portable furnace
K3 four gaNDa khaNDa 'metal implements
K4 splinter sal sal workshop
K5 strand dhāˊtu dhāˊtu n. substance
K6 body meD meD iron
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 fish' aya 'aya :aya iron
KK2 lid' aDaren aduru native metal
KK3 horn kod. ‘horn’; kod. ‘artisan’s workshop kod artisan’s workshop

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