https://www.academia.edu/40407124/Dholavira_signboard_proclamation_of_metalwork_competence_of_artisans
Dholavira signboard on अर्क शाल 'goldsmith workshop' and Mehrgarh spoked copper alloy wheel proclaim akṣaracaṇa 'scribe' the metallurgical competence of artisans to engrave on metal
https://tinyurl.com/y6fp3zkq
Mystery of 5th m. BCE Mehrgarh ornament solved; āre, ṯs̱arḵẖ 'wheel' rebus āra ‘brass’, eraka 'metal infusion'
https://tinyurl.com/y245bxk7 āre potter's wheel (Gondi) rebus āra 'brass'.څرخ ṯs̱arḵẖ, s.m. (2nd) A wheel (particularly a potter's, or of a water-mill or well). 2. A grindstone. 3. Circular motion, turn, revolution, the act of turning. 4. Fortune, chance. 5. The heavens, the sphere, the celestial globe. (Pashto)
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Mehrgarh cireperdue bronze wheel which appears four times on the Dholavira signboard proclamation
See: āre 'potter's wheel' (Gondi) ārū आ॑रू॒ 'circle' (Kashmiri) ār̤i 'circle' (Tamil.Kannada) rebus āra 'brass' https://tinyurl.com/yxbc7d33 See image of mehrgarh cire perdue spoked wheels of brass. This hieroglyph occur four times on Dholavira signboard proclamation announcing metalwork repertoire of Dholavira artisans.
The refrain of repeated occurrence of spoked wheel on Dholavira signboard is: eraka 'nave of wheel' rebus arka 'copper, gold', 'eṟaka, eraka any metal infusion; molten state' fusion (Kannada), eraka molten, cast (as metal); eraguni to melt (Tulu). dula 'two' rebus dul 'metal casting'. The key is lid hieroglyph ^ ḍhaṁkaṇa 'lid' rebus dhakka 'excellent, bright, blazing metal article'. Proclamation of metal artifacts, par excellence. Another key is 'claws of crab' hieroglyph: ḍaṭom, ḍiṭom to seize with the claws or pincers, as crabs, scorpions; rebus: dhatu 'mineral (ore)'.kanac 'corner' rebus: kañcu 'bronze'; loa 'ficus' rebus: loh 'copper, metal' PLUS karna 'ear'rebus: karna 'scribe' Smelters of ores, forgers of inscribed metal alloy wares.. What a proclamation of ca. 2500 BCE !!!
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Dholavira signboard on अर्क शाल 'goldsmith workshop' and Mehrgarh spoked copper alloy wheel proclaim akṣaracaṇa 'scribe' the metallurgical competence of artisans to engrave on metal
https://tinyurl.com/y6fp3zkq
Mystery of 5th m. BCE Mehrgarh ornament solved; āre, ṯs̱arḵẖ 'wheel' rebus āra ‘brass’, eraka 'metal infusion'
https://tinyurl.com/y245bxk7 āre potter's wheel (Gondi) rebus āra 'brass'.
Mehrgarh cireperdue bronze wheel which appears four times on the Dholavira signboard proclamationSee: āre 'potter's wheel' (Gondi) ārū आ॑रू॒ 'circle' (Kashmiri) ār̤i 'circle' (Tamil.Kannada) rebus āra 'brass' https://tinyurl.com/yxbc7d33 See image of mehrgarh cire perdue spoked wheels of brass. This hieroglyph occur four times on Dholavira signboard proclamation announcing metalwork repertoire of Dholavira artisans.
The refrain of repeated occurrence of spoked wheel on Dholavira signboard is: eraka 'nave of wheel' rebus arka 'copper, gold', 'eṟaka, eraka any metal infusion; molten state' fusion (Kannada), eraka molten, cast (as metal); eraguni to melt (Tulu). dula 'two' rebus dul 'metal casting'. The key is lid hieroglyph ^ ḍhaṁkaṇa 'lid' rebus dhakka 'excellent, bright, blazing metal article'. Proclamation of metal artifacts, par excellence. Another key is 'claws of crab' hieroglyph: ḍaṭom, ḍiṭom to seize with the claws or pincers, as crabs, scorpions; rebus: dhatu 'mineral (ore)'.kanac 'corner' rebus: kañcu 'bronze'; loa 'ficus' rebus: loh 'copper, metal' PLUS karna 'ear'rebus: karna 'scribe' Smelters of ores, forgers of inscribed metal alloy wares.. What a proclamation of ca. 2500 BCE !!!
