Mirror: http://tinyurl.com/hg3kja6 Mirror: http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.com/2016/10/select-harappa-script-inscriptions-from.html meD 'body' rebus: meD 'iron' PLUS notch: khāṇḍā m A jag, notch Rebus: khāṇḍa, khaṇḍa. 'implements'. kolom 'rice plant' rebus:kolimi 'smithy, forge' sal 'splinter' rebus:sal 'workshop' meD 'body' rebus:meD 'iron' PLUS koDa 'one' rebus: koD 'workshop'ṭāṅka 'thigh'rebus: ṭāṅka 'mint' kuTi 'water-carrier' rebus: kuThi 'smelter'. Thus, the message is: smelter, mint, smithy/forge workshop, implements. Field symbol: khonda singhin 'spiny-horned youngbull' rebus: kunda singi 'fine gold, ornament gold' konda 'fire-altar' PLUS kunda 'lathe' rebus: kunda 'fine gold' PLUS kammata 'portable furnace' rebus: kammaTa 'mint'. Thus, fine gold mint.
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Seal m 71 Mohenjo-daro. Hind leg hieroglyph: Pk. ṭaṁka -- m., °kā -- f. ʻ leg ʼ, S. ṭaṅga f., L. P. ṭaṅg f., Ku. ṭã̄g, N. ṭāṅ; Or. ṭāṅka ʻ leg, thigh ʼ, °ku ʻ thigh, buttock ʼ. 2. B. ṭāṅ, ṭeṅri ʻ leg, thigh ʼ; Mth. ṭã̄g, ṭãgri ʻ leg, foot ʼ; Bhoj. ṭāṅ, ṭaṅari ʻ leg ʼ, Aw. lakh. H. ṭã̄g f.; G. ṭã̄g f., °gɔ m. ʻ leg from hip to foot ʼ; M. ṭã̄g f. ʻ leg ʼ(CDIAL 5428) Rebus: stamped coin, mint: टंक (p. 335) [ ṭaṅka ] m S A stone-cutter's chisel. 2 A weight equal to four माष &c. टंकारी (p. 336) [ ṭakārī or ṭaṅkārī ] m (टंक) A caste or an indivi, dual of it. They are workers in stone, makers of handmills &c. ṭaṅkaśālā -- , ṭaṅkakaś° f. ʻ mint ʼ lex. [ṭaṅka -- 1, śāˊlā -- ] N. ṭaksāl, °ār, B. ṭāksāl, ṭã̄k°, ṭek°, Bhoj. ṭaksār, H. ṭaksāl, °ār f., G. ṭãksāḷ f., M. ṭã̄ksāl, ṭāk°, ṭãk°, ṭak°. -- Deriv. G. ṭaksāḷī m. ʻ mint -- master ʼ, M. ṭāksāḷyā m. Addenda: ṭaṅkaśālā -- : Brj. ṭaksāḷī, °sārī m. ʻ mint -- master ʼ.(CDIAL 5433, 5434).