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This is an addendum to Indus Script writing instruments, Kernoi rings are ink-stands for iron-oxide liquid pigment, gold pectorals with nibs are styluses https://tinyurl.com/y4fjvrsl In this monograph I have offered my thanks Asko Parpola for the brilliant identification of 'squirrel' hieroglyph in Nindowari and other seal inscriptions of Indus Script Corpora. (www.harappa.com/script/indus-writing.pdf page 128).
This tribute complements the compliment offered to Jean Francois Jarrige who identified the 'cire perdue ornament (so-called amulet) which is the orthographic model for an Indus Script hieroglyph of a spoked wheel.
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https://tinyurl.com/y245bxk7 This includes a video (6:57). The film is a fitting tribute to the memory of the great archaeologist Jean-Francois Jarrige, (1940-2014), who led the Mehrgarh excavations.
And we are left wondering at the meaning of this wheel shaped symbol which also occurs in the Indus script...https://www.harappa.com/video/mystery-mehrgarh-amuletScientist carried out a detailed study to find out how amulets were made 6,000 years ago.Sign 391![]()
Some Indus Script inscriptions could be deciphered because of the contribution made by Prof. Asko Parpola in identifying a palm-squirrel as a hieroglyph of Indus Script Corpora which now total over 8000 inscriptions. Iravatham Mahadevan who has, like Asko Parpola, prepared a concordance of Indus scriptions, failed to recognize the orthography of a tough-to-interpret 'sign'.
The squirrel sign signifies 'šē̃ṣṭrĭ̄ ʻflying squirrelʼ, rebus 'šē̃ṣṭrĭ̄ ʻguild master'; سیټه seṯṯh, s.m. (5th) A banker, a merchant. Pl. سیټڼان seṯṯhān (Pashto) PLUS खार [ khāra ] A squirrel, Sciurus palmarum. खारी [ khārī ] f (Usually खार ) A squirrel. (Marathi) rebus khār 'blacksmith (Kashmiri). Thus, the squirrel signifies a guild-master of a blacksmith-guild.
The life-time contributions of Prof.Asko Parpola and the late Shri Iravatham Mahadevan are an inspiration to researchers of civilization studies;both have studied the problem of Indus Script with single-minded dedication and passion to unravel the mysteries of Sarasvati Civilization.
The students and researchers of civilization studies owe a debt of gratitude to Prof. Asko Parpola and I offer this humble tribute to Asko Parpola's brilliant insight resulting in the identification of the palm-squirrel as an Indus Script hieroglyph, l'acte gratuite (as an unmotivated action).
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It is remarkable that this hieroglyph constitutes the signature tune of one of the longest inscriptions of Indus Script.![]()
Longest inscription m0314 of Indus Script Corpora is catalogue of a guild-master. The guild master is signified by Indus Script hypertext 'squirrel' hieroglyph 'khāra, šē̃ṣṭrĭ̄' Rebus: plaintext: khār 'blacksmith' śrēṣṭhin 'guild-master' (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa). The guild-master signs off on the inscription by affixing his hieroglyph: palm squirrel,Sciurus palmarum'
Longest inscription m0314 of Indus Script Corpora is catalogue of a guild-master. The guild master is signified by Indus Script hypertext 'squirrel' hieroglyph 'khāra, šē̃ṣṭrĭ̄' Rebus: plaintext: khār 'blacksmith'