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Two-sided terracotta seal from Harappa signifies goldsmith mint, smelter work and metalwork catalogues

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Image result for H-95-2485 a,b A tablet with a narrative on both sides,without a boss or knob. The standing person has bird feet and bird crest; wear wristlet bharatkalyan97H-95-2485 HARP Harappa Archaeology Project, two-sided terracotta seal.

Field symbol Side A

datu 'scarf' rebus: dhatu 'mineral' 
xoli 'tail' rebus: kol 'working in iron', kolhe 'smelter', kole.l 'smithy, forge' Sign 184 variants (Mahadevan ASI 1977 Concordance sign list) Kur. xolā tail. Malt. qoli id.(DEDR 2135). 

Alternative reading of logograph as 'sprout' hieroglyph: Br. (h)ūringing, (h)ūrēnging to swell up, break out (of boils, etc.), sprout; Ka. urku, ukku n. swelling, etc., froth, rising (as of the flood-tide), pride; Tu. urkuni to rise (DEDR 666)  PLUS ranku 'antelope' rebus: ranku 'tin'. Alternative: khara1 m. ʻ donkey ʼ KātyŚr., ˚rī -- f. Pāṇ.NiDoc. Pk. khara -- m., Gy. pal. ḳăr m., kắri f., arm. xari, eur. gr. kherkfer, rum. xerú, Kt. kur, Pr. korūˊ, Dm. khar m., ˚ri f., Tir. kh*lr, Paš. lauṛ. khar m., khär f., Kal. urt. khār, Phal. khār m., khári f., K. khar m., khürü f., pog. kash. ḍoḍ. khar, S. kharu m., P. G. M. khar m., OM. khari f.; -- ext. Ash. kərəṭék, Shum. xareṭá; <-> L. kharkā m., ˚kī f. -- Kho. khairánu ʻ donkey's foal ʼ (+?).*kharapāla -- ; -- *kharabhaka -- .Addenda: khara -- 1: Bshk. Kt. kur ʻ donkey ʼ (for loss of aspiration Morgenstierne ID 334).(CDIAL 3818) Rebus:  khãr 'blacksmith, iron worker' (Kashmiri). Thus the rebus reading of Sign 184 is: blacksmith,smelter smithy/forge.

Rebus: ukku 'steel' Rebus:  Ta. uruku (uruki-) to dissolve (intr.) with heat, melt, liquefy, be fused, become tender, melt (as the heart), be kind, glow with love, be emaciated; urukku (urukki-) to melt (tr.) with heat (as metals or congealed substances), dissolve, liquefy, fuse, soften (as feelings), reduce, emaciate (as the body), destroy; n. steel, anything melted, product of liquefaction; urukkam melting of heart, tenderness, compassion, love (as to a deity, friend, or child); urukkiṉam that which facilitates the fusion of metals (as borax). Ma. urukuka to melt, dissolve, be softened; urukkuka to melt (tr.); urukkam melting, anguish; urukku what is melted, fused metal, steel. Ko. uk steel. 
Ka. urku, ukku id. Koḍ. ur- (uri-) to melt (intr.); urïk- (urïki-) id. (tr.); ukkï steel. Te. ukku id. 
Go. (Mu.) urī-, (Ko.) uṛi- to be melted, dissolved; tr. (Mu.) urih-/urh- (Voc. 262). Konḍa (BB) rūg-
 to melt, dissolve. Kui ūra (ūri-) to be dissolved; pl. action ūrka (ūrki-); rūga (rūgi-) to be dissolved. Kuwi (Ṭ.) rūy- to be dissolved; (S.) rūkhnai to smelt; (Isr.) uku, (S.) ukku steel. (DEDR 661)

karã̄ n. pl. wristlets, banglesRebus: khãr 'blacksmith, iron worker' (Kashmiri)
meḍ 'body' rebus: meḍ 'iron'
manḍa 'arbour,canopy' M. mã̄ḍav m. ʻ pavilion' rebus:  mã̄ḍ ʻarray of instruments';
loa 'ficus glomerata' rebus: loh 'metal, copper'

Side A: Rebus reading: Blacksmith (working with) iron mineral, (maker of) array of copper, iron implements.

Field symbol Side B

khonda singhin 'spiny-horned young bull' Rebus: kunda singi 'fine gold, ornament gold' PLUS kunda 'lathe' rebus: kunda 'treasure' PLUS kammata 'portable furnace' rebus: kammaTa 'mint, coiner, coinage'. Thus Rebus Reading: fine gold, ornament gold treasure mint.

Ingot shape: mũhã ingot'; muhA 'quantity of smelted metal produced from a furnace' PLUS kolom 'three' rebus: kolimi 'smithy, forge'. Thus, ingot forge smithy.
ḍato 'claws or pincers (chelae) of crabs' rebus: dhatu 'mineral' 
kāru'pincer' rebus: khār  'blacksmith'
khaNDA 'divisions' rebus: khaNDa 'equipment' PLUS dula 'pair' rebus: dul 'metal casting'. Thus metalcast implements.
Side B Rebus reading:: gold mint for fine gold, ornament gold (with) ingot forge/smithy, blacksmith working with minerals and producing metalcast copper, iron implements.



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