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Copper smelting processes on field symbol composition of Indus Script, spy, tree, tiger looks back, yogi seated on platform, goat
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Field Symbol Figure 112 Fro m R. - a tiger; a goat: a seated personage on a pedestal; a person seated on a Iree with a tiger below. (Source: ASI 1977 Indus Script Concordance of Mahadevan)
The hieroglyphs are:
1. tiger kol 'tiger' rebus: kol 'working in iron' kolhe 'smelter'
2. tiger looks back kolā krammara 'tiger looks back' rebus kolhe kammāra iron smelter smith artisan
3. tree kuṭi 'tree' rebus: kuṭhi 'smelter'
4. spy on tree heraka = spy (Skt.); eraka, hero = a messenger; a spy (Gujarati); er to look at or for (Pkt.); er uk- to play 'peeping tom' (Ko.) Rebus: erka = ekke (Tbh. of arka) aka (Tbh. of arka) copper (metal); crystal (Ka.lex.) cf. eruvai = copper (Tamil) eraka, er-aka = any metal infusion (Ka.Tu.) eraka‘copper’ (Kannada)
5. person seated in penance kamaḍha 'penance', rebus: kammaṭa = mint, gold furnace (Te.) 'mint, coiner, coinage' Ta. kampaṭṭam coinage, coin. Ma. kammaṭṭam, kammiṭṭam coinage, mint. Ka. kammaṭa id.; kammaṭi a coiner.(DEDR 1236)
6. person wears scarf as pigtail dhatu 'scarf' rebus: dhatu 'mineral ore'
7. Person seated on platform pāṭa ʻthroneʼ rebus फड phaḍa 'metals manufactory guild',పట్టడ paṭṭaḍa paṭṭaḍu. [Tel.] n. A smithy, a shop. కుమ్మరి వడ్లంగి మొదలగువారు పనిచేయు చోటు.
8. goat melh,mr̤eka 'goat or antelope' rebus: milakkhu, mleccha'
Copper smelting processes on field symbol composition of Indus Script, spy, tree, tiger looks back, yogi seated on platform, goat
Field Symbol Figure 112 Fro m R. - a tiger; a goat: a seated personage on a pedestal; a person seated on a Iree with a tiger below. (Source: ASI 1977 Indus Script Concordance of Mahadevan)The hieroglyphs are:
1. tiger kol 'tiger' rebus: kol 'working in iron' kolhe 'smelter'
2. tiger looks back kolā krammara 'tiger looks back' rebus kolhe kammāra iron smelter smith artisan
3. tree kuṭi 'tree' rebus: kuṭhi 'smelter'
4. spy on tree heraka = spy (Skt.); eraka, hero = a messenger; a spy (Gujarati); er to look at or for (Pkt.); er uk- to play 'peeping tom' (Ko.) Rebus: erka = ekke (Tbh. of arka) aka (Tbh. of arka) copper (metal); crystal (Ka.lex.) cf. eruvai = copper (Tamil) eraka, er-aka = any metal infusion (Ka.Tu.) eraka‘copper’ (Kannada)
5. person seated in penance kamaḍha 'penance', rebus: kammaṭa = mint, gold furnace (Te.) 'mint, coiner, coinage' Ta. kampaṭṭam coinage, coin. Ma. kammaṭṭam, kammiṭṭam coinage, mint. Ka. kammaṭa id.; kammaṭi a coiner.(DEDR 1236)
6. person wears scarf as pigtail dhatu 'scarf' rebus: dhatu 'mineral ore'
7. Person seated on platform pāṭa ʻthroneʼ rebus फड phaḍa 'metals manufactory guild',
8. goat melh,mr̤eka 'goat or antelope' rebus: milakkhu, mleccha'