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h1977a dhollu ‘drummer’ (Western Pahari) Rebus: dul ‘cast metal’. The 'drummer' hieroglyph thus announces a cast metal.karã̄ n. pl. wristlets, bangles Rebus: khār खार् 'blacksmith' ![]()
h1977b sal'splinter' rebus: sal 'workshop' PLUS khaṇḍa 'division'. rebus: kaṇḍa 'implements' ![]()
The drummer hieroglyph is associated with svastika glyph on this tablet (har609) and also on h182A tablet of Harappa with an identical text.
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h182A, h182B
h1977a dhollu ‘drummer’ (Western Pahari) Rebus: dul ‘cast metal’. The 'drummer' hieroglyph thus announces a cast metal.
h1977b sal'splinter' rebus: sal 'workshop' PLUS khaṇḍa 'division'. rebus: kaṇḍa 'implements' dhollu ‘drummer’ (Western Pahari) dolutsu 'tumble' Rebus: dul ‘cast metal’
h182A, h182B
Text of 3 signsDecipherment of the Indus Script inscription on h182 Harappa tablet & another identical tablet
Sign 403 is a duplication of 
bun-ingot shape. This shape is signified on a zebu terracotta pratimā found at Harappa and is consistent with mūhā mẽṛhẽt process of making unique bun-shaped ingots (See Santali expression and meaning described below):
Sign 403 is read: dul mūhā mẽṛhẽt 'cast iron ingot'. mūhā mẽṛhẽt = iron smelted by the Kolhes and formed into an equilateral lump a little pointed at each of four ends (Santali)The pictorial motif and text message together signify rebus rendering of the following expressions:
jasta, sattva mund 'svastika, 'zinc' assembly';
dul mũhã̄ कर्ण karṇa metal casting zinc ingot account
Pictorial motif of five svastika and tiger
jasta, sattva 'svastika glyph' rebus jasta, sattva 'zinc' PLUS mōṝẽ 'five' rebus munda 'Toda village or assembly'
kola 'tiger' Rebus: kol 'alloy of five metals, pancaloha' (Tamil). kul ‘tiger’ (Santali); kōlu id. (Telugu) kōlupuli = Bengal tiger (Te.) कोल्हा [ kōlhā ] कोल्हें [kōlhēṃ] A jackal (Marathi) Rebus: kol, kolhe, ‘the koles, iron smelters speaking a language akin to that of Santals’ (Santali) kol ‘working in iron’ (Tamil) kōla1 m. ʻ name of a degraded tribe ʼ Hariv.Ma. kollan blacksmith, artificer. Ko. kole·l smithy, temple in Kota village. To. kwala·l Kota smithy. Ka. kolime, kolume, kulame, kulime, kulume, kulme fire-pit, furnace; (Bell.; U.P.U.) konimi blacksmith(Gowda) kolla id. Koḍ. kollë blacksmith.
Te. kolimi furnace. Go. (SR.)kollusānā to mend implements; (Ph.) kolstānā, kulsānā to forge; (Tr.) kōlstānā to repair (of ploughshares); (SR.) kolmi smithy (Voc. 948). Kuwi (F.) kolhali to forge.(DEDR 2133).
Text message on h182
dul mũhã̄ ' metal casting, bun ingot' .
dul 'two' rebus: dul 'metal casting'
karṇī, 'Supercargo responsible for cargo of a merchant vessel'; karṇika 'scribe, account'.
-- kol 'tiger' rebus kol 'alloy of five metals' kol 'working in iron', five, mōṝẽ svastika Indus Script hypertext signifies assembly, mondir temple
--Tiger, drummer, five svastika signify mōṝẽ 'five' rebus mandari 'drummer' munda 'Toda village or assembly' mondir 'temple.
Sign 403 is a duplication of 'oval or rhombus' hieroglyph Sign 267 which has the shape of a bun ingot: mũhã̄ 'bun ingot' . Duplication signifies dula 'two' rebus: dul 'metal casting'. Thus Sign 403 reads: dul mũhã̄ ' metal casting, bun ingot' .
This semantics is reinforced by the two linear strokes || dula 'two' rebus: dul 'metal casting'
The third sign of the text is a rim-of-jar Sign 342.
Rebus reading of Sign 342: kanda kanka 'rim of jar' कार्णिक 'relating to the ear' rebus: kanda kanka 'fire-trench account, karṇika 'scribe, account' karṇī 'supercargo',कर्णिक helmsman'. Note: Hieroglyph: कर्ण [p= 256,2] the handle or ear of a vessel RV. viii , 72 , 12 Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ix (कात्यायन-श्रौत-सूत्र)Rebus: कर्ण the helm or rudder of a ship R. कर्णी f. of °ण ifc. (e.g. अयस्-क्° and पयस्-क्°) Pa1n2. 8-3 , 46" N. of कंस's mother " , in comp. Rebus: karṇī, 'Supercargo responsible for cargo of a merchant vessel'. pattar 'feeding trough' rebus: pattar 'goldsmith, guild'kola 'tiger' rebus:kolle 'blacksmith' kolhe'smelter' kol 'working in iron' Text messages: hieroglyph: bun-shaped ingot: mũh, muhã 'ingot' or muhã 'quantity of metal produced at one time in a native smelting furnace.'. PLUS meḍ 'body' rebus: meḍ 'iron' med 'copper' (Slavic languages). Thus, on these three seals, the body hieroglyph ligatured to 'two oval shape' ingots is a semantic determinative of the metal with which ingots are formed; the metal is meḍ, mẽṛhẽt 'iron', dul mẽṛhẽt 'cast iron'.  Sign 38The 'body' hieroglyph ligatured to 'harrow' or 'currycomb' hieroglyph (Sign 38) is also a semantic determinative indicating the nature of the metal: meḍ 'body' PLUS (semantic determinative) mainda'harrow' rebus: mẽṛhẽt 'cast iron'.  मैंद [ mainda ] m (A rude harrow or clodbreaker; or a machine to draw over a sown field, a drag. (Marathi) matyà n. ʻ club with iron points ʼ AV., ʻ a kind of harrow ʼ TS. 2. *matíya -- . 3. *madya --   eraka 'raised hand'' rebus: erako'moltencast, copper' meḍ 'body' rebus: meḍ 'iron' PLUS ligaured currycomb: kangha (IL 1333) kãgherā comb-maker (H.) Rebus: kangar ‘portable furnace’ Alernative 1: khareDo 'currycomb' rebus: Rebus: kharādī ' turner' (G.); karaḍā 'hard alloy'; karaḍā खरडें 'daybook, wealth-accounting ledger' Alternative 2: kāmsako, kāmsiyo = a large sized comb (G.) Rebus: kaṁsa 'bronze' (Te.) |
Sign 375 and variants may be cognate with Sign 403Sign 403 and Sign 375 are a duplication of 'oval or rhombus' hieroglyph 
Sign 267 which has the shape of a bun ingot: mũhã̄ 'bun ingot' . Duplication signifies dula 'two' rebus: dul 'metal casting'. Thus Sign 403 and Sign 375 read: dul mũhã̄ ' metal casting, bun ingot' .
m0415a Bison 2500 bicha 'scorpion' Rebus: bica'haematite, sandstone ferrite ore’ PLUS koḍa 'one' rebus: koḍ 'workshop' ore' PLUS karṇī‘ears’ Thus, together, rebus: bica karṇī 'haematite ore supercargo, scribe' (lozenge) Split parenthesis: mũh, muhã 'ingot' or muhã 'quantity of metal produced at one time in a native smelting furnace.' PLUS खांडा khāṇḍā A jag, notch, or indentation (as upon the edge of a tool or weapon) rebus: khaṇḍa 'implements'. Field symbol: barad, balad 'ox'rebus: baran, bharat ‘mixed alloys’ (5 copper, 4 zinc and 1 tin) (Punjabi) PLUS pattar‘trough’ rebus: pattar‘goldsmiths’ guild’
m0833 2281 Field symbol: kõda ‘young bull-calf’. Rebus: kũdār ‘turner’. sangaḍa ‘lathe, furnace’. Rebus: samgara ‘living in the same house, guild’. sãgaḍa (double-canoe, catamaran) Hence, smith guild.
Meaning, artha of inscription: Trade (and metalwork wealth production) of kōnda sangara 'metalwork engraver'... PLUS (wealth categories cited.)
mũh, muhã 'ingot' or muhã 'quantity of metal produced at one time in a native smelting furnace’ PLUS खांडा khāṇḍā A jag, notch, or indentation (as upon the edge of a tool or weapon) rebus: khaṇḍa 'implements'
ayo 'fish' rebus: aya 'iron' ayas 'alloy metal' (R̥gveda) PLUS khambhaṛā 'fish-fin’ rebus: kammaṭa 'mint, coiner, coinage'.
kanka, karṇika 'rim of jar' rebus: karṇī 'supercargo, scribe' कर्णिक 'steersman, helmsman'
kāru pincers, tongs. Rebus: khār खार् 'blacksmith'
m01392185 Field symbol: kõda ‘young bull-calf’. Rebus: kũdār ‘turner’. sangaḍa ‘lathe, furnace’. Rebus: samgara ‘living in the same house, guild’. sãgaḍa (double-canoe, catamaran) Hence, smith guild.
Meaning, artha of inscription: Trade (and metalwork wealth production) of kōnda sangara 'metalwork engraver'... PLUS (wealth categories cited.)
mēḍa 'platform, hillock' rebus meḍ 'iron'
kanka, karṇika 'rim of jar' rebus: karṇī 'supercargo, scribe' कर्णिक 'steersman, helmsman'.
PLUS sal ‘splinter’ rebus: sal ‘workshop, school’
aya, ayo 'fish' rebus: aya'iron'ayas 'metal' PLUS adaren 'lid' rebus: aduru'unsmelted metal' PLUS gaṇḍa 'four' rebus: khaṇḍa'implements' Thus, metal implements of unsmelted metal.
mũh, muhã 'ingot' or muhã 'quantity of metal produced at one time in a native smelting furnace.' PLUS खांडा khāṇḍā A jag, notch, or indentation (as upon the edge of a tool or weapon). khaṇḍa 'implements'
kolom‘three’ rebus: kolimi‘smithy, forge’.