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Square seal, Harappa, Sind, about 2000 BC. Glazed steatite. Indus seals were commonly used to mark bundles of trade goods. This well-known type shows a one-horned bovine animal before a ritual offering stand, with characters in the undeciphered Indus script.

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Copyright: Irish Photo Archive
Image Size: 5500x3372 / 2.9MB; Indus valley civilisation
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Square seal, Harappa, Sind, about 2000 BC. Glazed steatite. Indus seals were commonly used to mark bundles of trade goods. This well-known type shows a one-horned bovine animal before a ritual offering stand, with characters in the undeciphered Indus script.