The 'unicorn' or one-horned young bull appears on this Bhirrana seal without the 'standard device' in front of the hypertext pictograph. This surace find seal has been reported by Akinori Uesugi in 2016.
The text message of the inscription has three 'signs'. Read from r., the rebus Meluhha readings are:
khōṇḍa m A young bull
Sign 211 'Arrow'
kaṇḍa 'arrow' (Skt.) ayaskāṇḍa 'a quantity of iron, excellent iron' (Pāṇ.gaṇ) Rebus: khaṇḍa 'implements'dhanga'mountain range' Rebus: dhangar 'blacksmith'
ranku 'liquid measure' rebus: ranku'tin' raṅga3 n. ʻ tin ʼ lex. [Cf. nāga -- 2 , vaṅga -- 1 ]
Pk. raṁga -- n. ʻ tin ʼ; P. rã̄g f., rã̄gā m. ʻ pewter, tin ʼ (← H.); Ku. rāṅ ʻ tin, solder ʼ, gng. rã̄k; N. rāṅ, rāṅo ʻ tin, solder ʼ, A. B. rāṅ; Or. rāṅga ʻ tin ʼ, rāṅgā ʻ solder, spelter ʼ, Bi. Mth. rã̄gā, OAw. rāṁga; H. rã̄g f., rã̄gā m. ʻ tin, pewter ʼ; Si. ran̆ga ʻ tin ʼ.(CDIAL 10562)
thus, the inscription conveys the message of a treasure (wealth-accounting ledge) of a blacksmith working with metal implements and tin (ore) which is alloyed with copper to create tin-bronze.
Bhirrana seal, surface find (After Fig.1 in: Akinori Uesugi, 2016, Gregg Jamison, Vivek Dangi, Seiji Nkayama, A study on the stylistic and technological aspects of Indus seals with a focus on an example from Bhirrana, in: Journal of Multidisciplinary studies in Archaeology 4 (2016): 01-17.
Seals from the excavation at Bhirrana. Drawn from Rao et al, 2005:
Rao, L.S., N.B. Sahu, U.A. Shastry, PrabashSahu and Samir Diwan (2005) Bhirrana Excavations 2005-06. Purātattva 36: 45-49
Seals from Farmana similar to the Bhirrana seal (After Konasukawa 2011)
Konasukawa, A., H. Endo and A. Uesugi (2011) Chapter 7: Minor Objects from the Settlement Area. in V. Shinde, T. Osada and Manmohan Kumar (eds.)
Excavations at Farmana, Rohtak District, Haryana, India 2006-2008
.IndusProject, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto. pp. 369-529.
Farmana seal 1:
Farmana. Steatite sealrã̄go ʻ buffalo bull ʼ Rupaka metaphor or Rebus: Pk. raṅga 'tin' P. rã̄g f., rã̄gā m. ʻ pewter, tin ʼ Ku. rāṅ ʻ tin, solder ʼOr. rāṅga ʻ tin ʼ, rāṅgā ʻ solder, spelter ʼ, Bi. Mth. rã̄gā, OAw. rāṁga; H. rã̄g f., rã̄gā m. ʻ tin, pewter ʼraṅgaada -- m. ʻ borax ʼ lex.Kho. (Lor.) ruṅ ʻ saline ground with white efflorescence, salt in earth ʼ *raṅgapattra ʻ tinfoil ʼ. [raṅga -- 3, páttra -- ]B. rāṅ(g)tā ʻ tinsel, copper -- foil ʼ.Or. kāṇḍa, kã̄ṛ ʻstalk, arrow ʼ(CDIAL 3023) rebus: khaṇḍa 'equipment' ayo 'fish' rebus: aya 'iron' ayas 'alloy metal' PLUS dula 'two' rebus: dul 'metal casting'.
Farmana seal 2:
khōṇḍa m A young bull
kaṇḍa 'arrow' (Skt.) ayaskāṇḍa 'a quantity of iron, excellent iron' (Pāṇ.gaṇ) Rebus: khaṇḍa 'implements'
Sign 59 aya f''ish' rebus: aya'iron'ayas'alloy metal'
Sign 67 is composed of 'fish' PLUS 'fins': khambhaṛā 'fish-fin' rebus: kammaṭa 'mint, coiner, coinage' PLUS aya f''ish' rebus: aya'iron'ayas'alloy metal'.Thus, aya kammaṭa'alloy metal mint'.