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Is the animal shown on Ishtar Gate a unicorn? I suggest both on the Ishtar Gate AND on Indus Script Corpora, it is a young aurochs (खोंड khōṇḍa m A young bull, a bullcalf rebus:konda 'furnace' kunda 'fine gold') with a spiny horn.
The uniquely ligatured animal signifies fine gold, ornament gold. Hence, the adoration of wealth with decorations in breathtaking splendour, on the Ishtar Gare.
Singhin is the word for a spiny horn. Rebus singi 'ornament gold'. When a wing is ligatured the rebus Meluhha words are: khamba 'wing' rebus:kammaTa 'mint, coiner, coinage'*skambha2 ʻ shoulder -- blade, wing, plumage ʼ. [Cf. *skapa -- s.v. *khavaka -- ]S. khambhu, ˚bho m. ʻ plumage ʼ, khambhuṛi f. ʻ wing ʼ; L. khabbh m., mult. khambh m. ʻ shoulder -- blade, wing, feather ʼ, khet. khambʻ wing ʼ, mult. khambhaṛā m. ʻ fin ʼ; P. khambh m. ʻ wing, feather ʼ; G. khā̆m f., khabhɔ m. ʻ shoulder ʼ.Rebus: (CDIAL 13640) Rebus: Ta. kampaṭṭam coinage, coin. Ma. kammaṭṭam, kammiṭṭam coinage, mint. Ka.kammaṭa id.; kammaṭi a coiner. (DEDR 1236) Rebus reading: kunda singi kammaṭa 'fine gold, ornament gold -- mint'
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Is the animal shown on Ishtar Gate a unicorn? I suggest both on the Ishtar Gate AND on Indus Script Corpora, it is a young aurochs (खोंड khōṇḍa m A young bull, a bullcalf rebus:konda 'furnace' kunda 'fine gold') with a spiny horn.
The uniquely ligatured animal signifies fine gold, ornament gold. Hence, the adoration of wealth with decorations in breathtaking splendour, on the Ishtar Gare.
Singhin is the word for a spiny horn. Rebus singi 'ornament gold'. When a wing is ligatured the rebus Meluhha words are: khamba 'wing' rebus:kammaTa 'mint, coiner, coinage'*skambha2 ʻ shoulder -- blade, wing, plumage ʼ. [Cf. *skapa -- s.v. *khavaka -- ]S. khambhu, ˚bho m. ʻ plumage ʼ, khambhuṛi f. ʻ wing ʼ; L. khabbh m., mult. khambh m. ʻ shoulder -- blade, wing, feather ʼ, khet. khambʻ wing ʼ, mult. khambhaṛā m. ʻ fin ʼ; P. khambh m. ʻ wing, feather ʼ; G. khā̆m f., khabhɔ m. ʻ shoulder ʼ.Rebus: (CDIAL 13640) Rebus: Ta. kampaṭṭam coinage, coin. Ma. kammaṭṭam, kammiṭṭam coinage, mint. Ka.kammaṭa id.; kammaṭi a coiner. (DEDR 1236) Rebus reading: kunda singi kammaṭa 'fine gold, ornament gold -- mint'
