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Dholavira Signboard with 4 occurrences of spoked wheel proclaims bronze, brass workshop for maritime shipments of bright, blazing metalware, metal infusion castings

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-- moltencast, metal infusions (of) brass, minerals, iron hard alloy, copper, lapidary turning, engraving (managed by supercargo, steersmen)


See: khaṛuʻbierʼ rebus खातेंkhātēṃ'account' of kanka'scribe, supercargo', (cargo from) baran'mixed alloys' (5 copper, 4 zinc and 1 tin), meḍ'iron', battuḍu, baḍaga 'five artificers', arka baṭa 'copper furnace' 


The Harappa tablet h176 inclded the text message: 
 This text message reads: dula 'pair' rebus: dul 'metal casting' PLUS ṯs̱arḵẖ 'potter's wheel' (Pashto)  Ta. ār̤i circle, ring, wheel, discus weapon. Ma. ār̤i roundness (as of disk, ring, etc.); funeral pile. Ka. ār̤i roundness, a circle, a discus; āṇi roundness. Te. āṇi spherical, round, globular (applied to pearls). ? Go. (SR.) āre potter's wheel (Voc. 138).(DEDR 398) rebus arka, 'copper, gold'; eraka 'metal infusion' PLUS 'rim-of-jar' hypertext which reads rebus kaṇḍa kārī  'equipment supercargo/steersman'; thus, signifying maritime shipment equipment cargo of copper, gold metal castings of metal infusion.
h176A (Field symbol + text of inscription)



h176B (Field symbol)
Sign 391 occurring as a pair in sequence

The string of two hieroglyphs of 'spoked wheels' is repeated on Dholavira proclamation Sign board. It has been demonstrated that this string on h176 signifies as a hypertext, dul arka, eraka'copper, gold metal castings of metal infusion'; Rebus: ஆரம் brass; பித்தளை.(அகநி.) pittal is cognate with 'pewter'. arka erka = ekke (Tbh. of arka (Kannada) அருக்கம்¹ arukkam
(Tamil), n. < arka. (நாநார்த்த.) 1. Copper; செம்பு. 2. Crystal; பளிங்குअर्क   arka'copper' agasāle, agasāli, agasālavāḍu = a goldsmith (Telugu)

Dholavira signboard proclamation: export quality blazing bronze, brass, iron, copper metalware, metal infusion castings

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This proclamation of Dholavira signboard is read from l.to r.in three parts. Dholavira Signboard inscription of gypsum inlays on wood measures 3 m. long. Each of the 10 signs is 37 cm. high and 25 to 27 cm. wide and made of pieces of white gypsum inlays; the signs were apparently inlaid in a wooden plank. The conjecture is that this wooden plank was mounted on the Northern Gateway as a Signboard. The message is intended to be a proclamation for seafaring merchants to see from across the PErsian Gulf as they approach the Dholavira citadel. 

Dholavira signboard is a three-part message, each segment starts with a spoked-wheel hieroglyph. 

Hence, Dholavira Signboard is read from left to right in three segments.

Segment1: Moltencast copper, brass, iron hard alloy, copper mineral, writer/supercargo/steersman 

arka, eraka'copper, gold metal  a. eraka, arā,  
khuṇṭa 'peg'; khũṭi = pin (Marathi.)  Rebuskuṇṭha munda (loha) 'hard iron (native metal)' (Munda)
loa 'ficus gloomerata' (Santali) Rebus: loh 'copper mineral' PLUS karaṇika 'ears' rebus: karaṇika 'writer, steersman, supercargo' (Telugu)

Segment2: Moltencast copper, brass metal tools, pots and pans, metalware, lapidary turning, engraving, bronze workshop

arka, eraka'copper, gold metal
Pa. kuṭila— 'bent', n. 'bend'; Pk. kuḍila— 'crooked', °illa— 'humpbacked', °illaya— 'bent' (CDIAL 3231) Rebus: kuṭila 'bronze'. कुटिल  kuṭila, katthīl (8 parts copper, 2 parts tin),
kana, kanac 'corner' (Santali); kañcu  'bronze' (Telugu) kan- 'copper work' (Tamil).




Sign 134 is hakaa 'lid' rebus dhakka 'excellent, bright, blazing metal article'.


|खांडा khāṇḍā A jag, notch, or indentation (as upon the edge of a tool or weapon). Rebus: khaṇḍa 'implements' Alternative: koḍa 'one' Rebus: koḍ 'artisan's workshop' (Kuwi)

Segment3: Metalcasting moltencast brass, minerals

dul arka, eraka'copper, gold metal castings of metal infusion'; Rebus: ஆரம் brass; பித்தளை.(அகநி.) pittal is cognate with 'pewter'.
ḍato 'claws or pincers (chelae) of crab Rebus: dhatu 'mineral' (Santali) 


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