https://tinyurl.com/y6bbamkp
This is an addendum to:
![]()
![]()
![]()
Source: http://www.everyobjecttellsastory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ArtsofAsia-Jul18LR.pdf
![]()
![]()
This is an addendum to:
The info presented herein is based on a report by Barbara Harding on Oliver Hoare Exhibition held in London in 2017. The photographs are taken from the gallery in Oliverhoardltd website.Photographs courtesy of Oliver Hoare Ltd.
The ten seals presented here certainly add to the Corpus of Indus Inscriptions as more information has to be gathered on the provenance of these Indus Seals. Proceeding on the assumption that these are NOT fakes and are resourced from an art collector, I have ventured to decipher the Mehrgarh Pasupati seal (fifth from left on the top row of the image presented below).
Of interest is an earlobe weight made of chalcedony (image embedded) said to contain a five-sign Indus Inscription. I have requested for an ecopy of the inscription. I hope someone from oliverhoareltd.com will respond.
Source: http://www.everyobjecttellsastory.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ArtsofAsia-Jul18LR.pdf
The site also claims that a five-sign message in Indus Script is seen on a Remarkable Inscribed Chalcedony Ear-Lobe Weight, Mergargh, Indus Valley, c. 3000 BC, Size: 42 cm high, 5.9 cm diameter. © Oliver Hoare Ltd It will be nice to get a copy of the inscription. Please write to the owner of the site Alain R. Truong http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2017/05/04/35246334.html
Remarkable Inscribed Chalcedony Ear-Lobe Weight, Mergargh, Indus Valley, c. 3000 BC, Size: 42 cm high, 5.9 cm diameter. © Oliver Hoare Ltd
Along the upper rim of this beguiling object are five characters of the Indus Valley alphabet, the tantalizing glyphs of an undeciphered language. The choice of stone, polished to reveal a milky ‘eye’ and undulating ribbons, as well as its seductive concave surfaces, add to its visual and tactile appeal. It has weight, too, which makes its purpose as an ear appendage surprising at first, until one remembers the tradition of such adornments in the pierced and stretched lobes of the statues of goddesses throughout the Indian subcontinent since early times.
Comment posted:
Remarkable Inscribed Chalcedony Ear-Lobe Weight, Mergargh, Indus Valley, c. 3000 BC, Size: 42 cm high, 5.9 cm diameter. © Oliver Hoare Ltd This 'weight' is said to have an inscription with five Indus Script alphabets. I shall be grateful for an image of the incription and the alphabets used. Thanks and regards. S.Kalyanaraman Sarasvati Research Centre