" Sign sal 'splinter' rebus: sal 'workshop'. Sign 123
signifies kuṭi'a slice, a bit, a small piece'(Santali) Rebus: kuṭhi 'iron smelter furnace' (Santali) kuṭhī factory (Assamese)
These two signs associated with specific hieroglyphs of the script yield hypertexts are wealth classifier hypertexts.
Sign 123
and Sign "Sign 99 are uniquely associated with specific signs of Indus Script Corpora. These associates signs relate to metalwork in smelters or metal workshops by smiths, metalwork artisans and lapidaries -- signs such as .
I submit that the hieroglyphs which are associated with "are wealth classifiers. Each of these wealth classifiers included on Indus Script phrases are descriptors of artisanal/metallurgical/lapidary processes of guild workshops involved in creating wealth.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0274-1).
Smelter
ḍato 'claws or pincers (chelae) of crabs'; rebus: dhatu 'mineral.
Similarly,
The word which signifies Sign 391 spoked or potter's wheel is cognate with:
or څرخیدونيَ ṯs̱arḵẖedūnaey; past part. څرخید ليَ ṯs̱arḵẖedalaey; verb. n. څرخیدنه ṯs̱arḵẖedanaʿh. څرخول ṯs̱arḵẖawul, verb trans. To turn, to make revolve, to wheel round. 2. To sharpen. Pres. څرخوي ṯs̱arḵẖawī; past ؤ څرخاوه wu-ṯs̱arḵẖāwuh or ؤ څرخاوو wu-ṯs̱arḵẖāwo; fut. ؤ به څرخوي wu bah ṯs̱arḵẖawī; imp. ؤ څرخوه wu-ṯs̱arḵẖawah; act. part. څرخوونکيَ ṯs̱arḵẖawūnkaey orڅرخوونيَ ṯs̱arḵẖawūnaey;
past part. څرخوليَ ṯs̱arḵẖawulaey; verb. n. څرخونه ṯs̱arḵẖawunaʿh. (P چرخ ). څرخ کول ṯs̱arḵẖ kawul, verb trans. To pierce, to stab, to puncture. څرخ کیدل ṯs̱arḵẖ kedal, verb intrans. To enter (as a pointed instrument), to penetrate, to stab, to pierce. څرخه ṯs̱arḵẖaʿh, s.f. (3rd) A spinning-wheel, a large reel. Pl. يْ ey. (P چرخه ).
arka'gold, copper'; arka'sun'
Smelter
dã̄ṭu = cross over; daṭ- (da.ṭ-t-) to cross (Kol.)(DEDR 3158) Rebus: dhātu ‘mineral’; rebus: dhatu = a mineral, metal (Santali)
Ta. koṭiṟu pincers. Ma. koṭil tongs. Ko. koṛ hook of tongs. / Cf. Skt. (P. 4.4.18) kuṭilikā- smith's tongs.(DEDR 2052)
FS 72 Fig. 108 Chanhudaro seal. Person kneeling under a tree facing a tiger. [Chanhudaro Excavations, Pl. LI, 18] 6118 Seal T-A-T ID 1743
Decipherment of Chanhudaro seal
Kneeling adorant: భక్తుడు. 'adorant, worshipper' rebus: బత్తుడు battuḍu The caste title of all the five castes of artificers as వడ్లబత్తుడు a carpenter. కడుపుబత్తుడు one who makes a god of his belly. L. xvi. 230. Five categories of artificers: పాంచాలము pāñcālamu pānchālamu. [Skt.] पंचाळ pañcāḷa m (पांचाल S q. v.) A common term for five castes--सोनार, सुतार, लोहार, कांसार, पाथरवट. These all wear the जानवें. (Marathi) பஞ்சகம்மாளர் pañca-kammāḷar , n. < pañcantaṭṭāṉ, kaṉṉāṉ, ciṟpaṉ, taccaṉ, kollaṉ; தட்டான், கன்னான், சிற்பன், தச்சன் கொல்லன் என்ற ஐவகைப் பட்ட கம்மாளர். (சங். அக.) அஞ்சுபஞ்சலத்தார் añcu-pañcalattār, n. < அஞ்சு + பஞ்சாளத்தார். Pañca-kammāḷar, the five artisan classes; பஞ்சகம்மாளர். (I. M. P. C g. 371.) Rebus:phaḍa फड 'manufactory, company, guild' ![]()

Rebus 1: pāṭaṇ maritime town, port: పట్ర paṭra paṭra. [Tel.] n. A village, a hamlet. పల్లెపట్ర villages and hamlets. H. iv. 108. paṭṭana n. ʻ town ʼ Kauṭ., °nī -- f. lex. 2. páttana -- n. MBh. [Prob. ← Drav. T. Burrow BSOAS xii 383 and EWA ii 192 with ṭṭ replaced by IA. tt. But its specific meaning as ʻ ferry ʼ in S. L. P. B. H. does lend support to its derivation by R. A. Hall in Language 12, 133 from *partana -- (√pr̥ ~ Lat. portus, &c.). Poss. MIA. pattana -- , paṭṭana -- ʻ *ferry ʼ has collided with Drav. loanword for ʻ town ʼ] 1. Pa. paṭṭana -- n. ʻ city ʼ, °aka -- n. ʻ a kind of village ʼ; Pk. paṭṭaṇa -- n. ʻ city ʼ; K. paṭan m. ʻ quarter of a town, name of a village 14 miles NW of Śrinagar ʼ; N. pāṭan ʻ name of a town in the Nepal Valley ʼ; B. pāṭan ʻ town, market ʼ; Or. pā̆ṭaṇā, °anā ʻ town, village, hamlet on outskirts of a big village ʼ; Bi. paṭnā ʻ name of a town ʼ; H. pāṭan m. ʻ town ʼ, G. pāṭaṇ n.; M. pāṭaṇ ʻ name of a town ʼ; Si. paṭuna ʻ town ʼ. -- Pa. paṭṭana -- n. ʻ harbour, port ʼ, Pk. paṭṭaṇa -- n.; H. paṭnī, pā̆ṭaunī, pāṭūnī m. ʻ ferryman ʼ; Si. paṭuna ʻ harbour, seaport ʼ.2. Pk. pattaṇa -- n. ʻ town ʼ, Si. patana. -- S. pataṇu m. ʻ ferry ʼ (whence pātaṇī m. ʻ ferryman ʼ, f. ʻ ferry boat ʼ); L. pattan, (Ju.) pataṇ m. ʻ ferry ʼ; P. pattaṇ ʻ ferry, landing -- place ʼ, pattaṇī, °tuṇī m. ʻ ferryman, one who lives near a ferry ʼ; B. pātanī ʻ ferryman ʼ.(CDIAL 7705)
maṇḍi ' kneeling position' Rebus: maṇḍā 'warehouse, workshop' (Konkani) māḍa'shrine; mandil 'temple' (Santali).
kola, kolum = a jackal (G.) kolhuyo (Dh.Des.); kulho, kolhuo (Hem.Des.); kroṣṭṛ (Skt.) kul seren = the tiger’s son, a species of lizard (Santali) kolo, koleā jackal (Kon.lex.) Rebus: kol metal (Ta.) kol = pan~calokam (five metals) (Ta.lex.) kol = pan~calokam (five metals); kol metal (Ta.lex.) pan~caloha = a metallic alloy containing five metals: copper, brass, tin, lead and iron (Skt.); an alternative list of five metals: gold, silver, copper, tin (lead), and iron (dhātu; Nānārtharatnākara. 82; Man:garāja’s Nighan.t.u. 498)(Ka.) kol, kolhe, ‘the koles, an aboriginal tribe if iron smelters speaking a language akin to that of Santals’ (Santali) kol = kollan-, kamma_l.an- (blacksmith or smith in general)(Ta.lex.) kollar = those who guard the treasure (Ta.lex.) cf. golla (Telugu) khol, kholi_ = a metal covering; a loose covering of metal or cloth (G.) [The semant. expansions to kollāpuri or kolhāpur and also to 'kollāppan.t.i' a type of cart have to be investigated further]. kol ‘working in iron, blacksmith (Ta.); kollan-
blacksmith (Ta.);kollan blacksmith, artificer (Ma.)(DEDR 2133)
dã̄ṭu = cross over; daṭ- (da.ṭ-t-) to cross (Kol.)(DEDR 3158) Rebus: dhātu ‘mineral’; rebus: dhatu = a mineral, metal (Santali)
gaṇḍe ‘to place at a right angle to something else, cross, transverse’; gaṇḍ gaṇḍ
‘across, at right angles, transversely’ (Santali) [Note: A slanted line Lahn.d.a writing of accounts connotes a quarter; a straight line connotes ‘one’.] Rebus: kaṇḍa ‘fire-altar’ (Santali) kāṇḍa ‘iron’ as in ayaskāṇḍa ‘excellent iron’ (Pan.Skt.) kolmo ‘three’ (Mu.); rebus: kolimi ‘smithy’ (Te.)
kuṭī 'tree', 'water carrier' (Semantic determinative) rebus: kuṭhī 'smelter'
The evidence relates to the semantics of worker in wood and iron. He is called बढई baḍhī.
बढई baḍhī m ( H) A carpenter. (Marathi) పట్టడ paṭṭaḍa paṭṭaḍu. [Tel.] n. A smithy, a shop. కుమ్మరి వడ్లంగి మొదలగువారు పనిచేయు చోటు. వడ్రంగి, వడ్లంగి,వడ్లవాడు vaḍraṅgi, vaḍlaṅgi, vaḍlavāḍu or వడ్లబత్తుడు vaḍrangi. [Tel.] n. A carpenter. వడ్రంగము, వడ్లపని, వడ్రము or వడ్లంగితనము vaḍrangamu. n. The trade of a carpenter. వడ్లవానివృత్తి. వడ్రంగిపని. వడ్రంగిపిట్ట or వడ్లంగిపిట్ట vaḍrangi-piṭṭa. n. A woodpecker. దార్వాఘాటము. వడ్లకంకణము vaḍla-kankaṇamu. n. A curlew. ఉల్లంకులలో భేదము. వడ్లత or వడ్లది vaḍlata. n. A woman of the carpenter caste. vardhaki m. ʻ carpenter ʼ MBh. [√vardh ] Pa. vaḍḍhaki -- m. ʻ carpenter, building mason ʼ; Pk. vaḍḍhaï -- m. ʻ carpenter ʼ, °aïa -- m. ʻ shoemaker ʼ; WPah. jaun. bāḍhōī ʻ carpenter ʼ, (Joshi) bāḍhi m., N. baṛhaï, baṛahi, A. bārai, B. bāṛaï, °ṛui, Or. baṛhaï, °ṛhāi, (Gaṛjād) bāṛhoi, Bi. baṛ ahī, Bhoj. H. baṛhaī m., M. vāḍhāyā m., Si. vaḍu -- vā.*vārdhaka -- .Addenda: vardhaki -- : WPah.kṭg. báḍḍhi m. ʻ carpenter ʼ; kṭg. bəṛhe\ i , báṛhi , kc. baṛhe ← H. beside genuine báḍḍhi Him.I 135), J. bāḍhi, Garh. baṛhai, A. also bāṛhai AFD 94; Md. vaḍīn, vaḍin pl.(CDIAL 11375)
" Sign sal 'splinter' rebus: sal 'workshop'.
"-- Indus Script messages are phrases of metal-, lapidary-work wealth-accounting ledgers
-- Clusters of Indus Script inscriptions presented by Bahata Ansumati Mukhopadhyay (2019) deciphered as metal-, lapidary-work wealth-accounting ledgers;
-- Bahata Ansumati says Indus Script is logographic NOT syllabic. My 1700+ monographs demonstrate hundreds of evidences for this conclusion:
https://independent.academia.edu/SriniKalyanaraman
-- Harappa miniature tablets signify the message bharat gaṇḍa kaṇḍa kanka kharada 'scribe's daybook of bharat gaṇḍa
-- copper-zin-tin alloy equipment'
-- processed on the follwing types of furnaces:

khareḍo = a currycomb (Gujarati) खरारा [ kharārā ] m ( H) A currycomb. 2 Currying a horse. (Marathi) Rebus: 1. करडा [karaḍā] Hard from alloy--iron, silver &c. (Marathi) 2. kharādī ‘ turner’ (Gujarati)Seal m 290 Mohenjo-daroIndus Script epigraph deciphered: kol 'working in iron' + pattar 'goldsmith guild' + ṭāṅka ʻleg, thighʼ (Oriya) PLUS khar 'ass, onager' (Kashmiri) PLUS kharedo = a currycomb (Gujarati) deciphered as: ṭaṅka 'mint' PLUS khār खार् 'blacksmith' PLUS kharādī ‘ turner’ (Gujarati) Tiger PLUS (trough -- broken seal): kola 'tiger' Rebus; kolle 'blacksmith' kol 'working in iron' kole.l 'smithy, temple' kolimi 'smithy, forge' PLUS pattar 'trough' Rebus: pattar 'guild of goldsmiths'.
ṭaṅkaśālā -- , ṭaṅkakaś˚ f. ʻ mint ʼ lex. [
What do Harappa miniature tablets signify through their messages?
The miniature tablets are wealth-accounting daybooks The kharada खरडें daybooks render bharata kanda kanka 'bharata copper-zinc-tin alloy equipment scribal accounst':
Common inscriptions on Indus Script seals which occur on more than one site (After Fig. 4 in Behata Ansumati's article
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-019-0274-1)
This is a remarkable demonstration by Behata of the unity of parole (spoken language) and/or writing system in vogue in Sarasvati Civilization. It is certainly evident that these sites had interactions using the writing system to document some important life-activity.





7100 PLUS Sign 342 = kanda kanka
2575
2652

2364 m0810 Sign 328 baṭa 'rimless pot' rebus:bhaṭa ‘furnace’.baṭa 'iron'. Thus, iron furnace PLUS lid hieroglyph: *ḍhakk ʻ cover ʼ. 2. *ḍhaṅk -- . [Cf. ḍhakkana -- n. ʻ shutting ʼ Śīl.]
1. Pk. ḍhakkaï ʻ shuts ʼ; S. ḍhakaṇu ʻ to cover ʼ; L. ḍhakkaṇ ʻ to imprison ʼ; P. ḍhakkṇā ʻ to cover ʼ, Ku. ḍhakṇo, N. ḍhāknu, A. ḍhākiba, B. ḍhākā, Bhoj. ḍhākal, OMarw. ḍhakaï; -- Pk. ḍhakkiṇī -- f. ʻ lid ʼ, S. ḍhakkaṇī f., P. ḍhakṇā m., ˚ṇī f., WPah. bhad. ḍhakkaṇ n., Ku. ḍhākaṇ, N. ḍhakni, A. ḍhākni, B. ḍhākan, ḍhāknā, ˚ni; Bi. ḍhaknā ʻ cover of grain -- pot ʼ, Mth. ḍhākni; Bhoj. ḍhaknī ʻ lid ʼ. -- Poss. K. ḍākür
Addenda: *dhagg -- : Ko. dhaggu ʻ heat ʼ, dhagdhagu ʻ blazing heat ʼ.PLUS Sign 342 = kanda kanka

mūhā mẽṛhẽt kolimi = Smithy/forge (in which) iron is smelted by the Kolhes and formed into an equilateral lump a little pointed at each of four ends (Santali)
PLUS Sign 342 = kanda kanka

Sign 342 = kanda kanka
Sign48 = bharata (copper-zinc-tin alloy)
Sign 342 = kanda kanka
I submit that the Harappa miniature tablets are documentation of wealth-accounting ledgers (kharada खरडें daybooks) from three segments of metallurgical operations. The three segments are:
At times 'rim-of-jar' hieroglyph is further elucidated by the addition of the
'currycomb' hieroglyph to signify: kharada खरडें daybook (wealth acounting classification ledger).
Thus, Sign 342-Sign176 pair is read rebus as: kaṇḍa kanka kharada खरडें daybook OR 'scribe's daybook'. The qualifier of this phrase 'scribe's daybook' is: the backbone hieroglyph with four short strokes Sign 46. This Sign 46 is read rebus as: bharat gaṇḍa 'copper-zinc-tin alloy equipment'.
Segment 1: bharat gaṇḍa, 'bharat (copper-zinc-tin) alloy equipment'
Segment 2: kaṇḍa kanka kharada, 'scribe's daybook'.
Together, the three-hieroglyph segment on miniature tablet reads: bharat gaṇḍa kaṇḍa kanka kharada 'scribe's daybook of bharat gaṇḍa -- copper-zin-tin alloy equipment'
Decipherment of three miniature tablets of Harappa:
Backbone, rib cage![]()

Sign 48. kaśēru ‘the backbone’ (Bengali. Skt.); kaśēruka id. (Skt.) Rebus: kasērāʻmetal workerʼ (Lahnda)(CDIAL 2988, 2989) Spine, rib-cage: A comparable glyptic representation is on a seal published by Omananda Saraswati. In Pl. 275: Omananda Saraswati 1975. Ancient Seals of Haryana (in Hindi). Rohtak.” (I. Mahadevan, 'Murukan' in the Indus Script, The Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies, March 1999). B.B. Lal, 1960. From Megalithic to the Harappa: Tracing back the graffiti on pottery. Ancient India, No.16, pp. 4-24. baraḍo = spine; backbone (Tulu) Rebus: baran, bharat 'mixed alloys' (5 copper, 4 zinc and 1 tin) (Punjabi) bhārata,'a factitious alloy of pewter, copper, tin'.
Signs 47, 48: baraḍo = spine; backbone (Tulu) Rebus: baran, bharat ‘mixed alloys’ (5 copper, 4 zinc and 1 tin) (Punjabi) +
gaṇḍa ‘four’ Rebus: kaṇḍ ‘fire-altar’. Thus, Sign 48 reads rebus: bharat kaṇḍ ‘fire-altar’, furnace for mixed alloy called bharat (copper, zinc, tin alloy),
‘Backbone, spine’ hieroglyph: baraḍo = spine; backbone; the back; baraḍo thābaḍavo = lit. to strike on the backbone or back; hence, to encourage; baraḍo bhāre thato = lit. to have a painful backbone, i.e. to do something which will call for a severe beating (Gujarati)bārṇe, bāraṇe = an offering of food to a demon; a meal after fasting, a breakfast (Tulu) barada, barda, birada = a vow (Gujarati)bharaḍo a devotee of S’iva; a man of the bharaḍā caste in the bra_hman.as (Gujarati) baraṛ = name of a caste of jat- around Bhaṭiṇḍa; bararaṇḍā melā = a special fair held in spring (Punjabi) bharāḍ = a religious service or entertainment performed by a bharāḍi_; consisting of singing the praises of some idol or god with playing on the d.aur (drum) and dancing; an order of aṭharā akhād.e = 18 gosāyi_ group; bharād. and bhāratī are two of the 18 orders of gosāyi_ (Marathi).
Rimless pot Sign 328
Signs 45, 46: A variant of ‘adorant’ hieroglyph sign is shown with a ‘rimless, broad-mouthed pot’ which is baṭa read rebus:bhaṭa ‘furnace’. If the ‘pot’ ligature is a phonetic determinant, the gloss for the ‘adorant’ is bhaṭa ‘worshipper’. If the ‘kneeling’ posture is the key hieroglyphic representation, the gloss is eragu ‘bow’ Rebus: erako ‘moltencast copper’. Thus moltencast copper furnace. + dhaṭu m. (also dhaṭhu) m. ‘scarf’ (Western Pahari) (CDIAL 6707) Rebus: dhatu ‘minerals’ (Santali). Thus Sign 46 read rebus: moltencast copper minerals furnace.
|| Two linear strokes hieroglyph: dula 'two' rebus: dul 'metal casting' PLUS :bhaṭa 'rimless pot' rebus: :baṭa 'iron' :bhaṭa 'furnace'. Thus, metalcasting furnace.
|||Three linear strokes hieroglyph: kolom 'three' rebus: kolimi 'smithy, forge' PLUS bhaṭa 'rimless pot' rebus: :baṭa 'iron' :bhaṭa 'furnace'. Thus, smithy furnace .
|||| gaṇḍa 'four' rebus: kaṇḍa 'equipment PLUS PLUS bhaṭa 'rimless pot' rebus: :baṭa 'iron' :bhaṭa 'furnace'. Thus, equipment (from) furnace .
Thus, the three miniature tablets of Harappa are: scribe's daybooks of 1) equipment from furnace; 2) smithy furnace; and 3)metalcasting furnace.
bharat gaṇḍa kaṇḍa kanka kharada 'scribe's daybook of bharat gaṇḍa -- copper-zin-tin alloy equipment' FROM
1) bhaṭa 'rimless pot' rebus: :baṭa 'iron' :bhaṭa 'furnace'. Thus, metalcasting furnace.
2) gaṇḍa 'four' rebus: kaṇḍa 'equipment PLUS PLUS bhaṭa 'rimless pot' rebus: :baṭa 'iron' :bhaṭa 'furnace'. Thus, equipment (from) furnace .
3) kolom 'three' rebus: kolimi 'smithy, forge' PLUS bhaṭa 'rimless pot' rebus: :baṭa 'iron' :bhaṭa 'furnace'. Thus, smithy furnace
m1202 Seal

Rebus reading of plain text: ṭhaṭṭha brass PLUS dul mũhã̄ khār koḍ 'metal casting ingot blacksmith' PLUS meḍ koḍ 'iron workshop'. Thus, brass, iron workshop of blacksmith for producing metalcasting ingots.
||||| Hieroglyph: Five linear strokes: taṭṭal'five' Rebus: ṭhaṭṭha brass;
rebus: koD 'workshop'. Alternative, semantic determinative: mũhã̄ 'bun ingot PLUS dula 'pair' rebus: dul 'metal casting'; khār 'blacksmith PLUS
koḍ 'workshop'.Thus, brass ingot blacksmith metal casting workshop.Sign 25 Ma. ṭaṅkam mace. Ka. ṭaṅke, ḍaṅke, ḍaṅgi, ḍaṅge staff, cudgel, etc. (DEDR 2940) PLUS meD 'body' rebus: meD 'iron'. Thus, the mace or staff carried by the standing person identifies him to be a worker in ṭaṅka Thus, Sign 25 signifies 'mint' meḍ ṭaṅka 'iron mint'.
Alternative rebus readings of Sign 25: meḍ koḍ 'iron workshop' OR kāṭhī + kāṭi 'body stature; Rebus: fireplace trench.
Sign1 Hieroglyph: काठी [ kāṭhī ] f (काष्ट S) (orशरीराची काठी ) The frame or structure of the body: also (viewed by some as arising from the preceding sense, Measuring rod) stature (Marathi) B. kāṭhā ʻ measure of length ʼ(CDIAL 3120).H. kāṭhī 'wood' f. G. kāṭh n. ʻ wood ʼ, °ṭhī f. ʻ stick, measure of 5 cubits ʼ(CDIAL 3120). + kāṭi 'body stature; Rebus: fireplace trench.The 'stick' hieroglyph is a phonetic reinforcement of 'body stature' hieroglyph. Alternatively, koḍ 'one' Rebus: koḍ 'workshop'+ kāṭi 'body stature; Rebus: fireplace trench.. Thus, workplace of furnace fire-trench.Sign 25 53 Sign 25 ciphertext is composed of
Sign 1 and
Sign 86. mē̃ḍ 'body' rebus: mē̃ḍ ‘iron’ (Mu.)Hypertext reads in a constructed Meluhha expression: mē̃ḍ koḍ 'iron workshop'.
Field symbol:'
barad, barat 'ox' Rebus: bharat 'alloy of copper, pewter, tin' (Marathi) भरत bharata n A factitious metal compounded of copper, pewter, tin भरती bharatī a Composed of the metal भरत. भरताचें भांडें bharatācē mbhāṇḍēṃ n A vessel made of the metal भरत.
pattar 'trough' Rebus: pattar 'goldsmith guild'
Text segment 1:
Sign 373 signifies mũhã̄'bun ingot'
Text segment 2:karã'wristlets' rebus:khAr 'blacksmith'
ē̃ṣṭrĭ̄ 'flying squirrel' rebus: śrēṣṭhin 'foreman of a guild'.
kaNDA kanka 'equipment supercrgo'
Text segment 3:
maĩd ʻrude harrow or clod breakerʼ (Marathi) rebus: mẽṛhẽt, meḍ 'iron'bhaTa 'warrior' Rebus: bhaTa 'furnace',baTa 'iron'
kanka 'rim of jar' rebus: karṇika 'scribe'(Sanskrit)कारणी or कारणीक kāraṇī or kāraṇīka a (कारण S)
That causes, conducts, carries on, manages.
Applied to the prime minister of a state, the supercargo of a ship (Marathi) PLUS kanda 'jar'
rebus: kanda 'fire-altar', konda 'fire-altar, kiln'rebus:kanda 'equipment'.
Thus, kaNDA kanka 'equipment supercrgo' .
taṭṭal'five' rebus:5491 *ṭhaṭṭha ʻ brass ʼ. [Onom. from noise of hammering brass?
-- *ṭhaṭṭh -- ] N. ṭhaṭṭar ʻ an alloy of copper and bell metal ʼ.*ṭhaṭṭhakara -- , *ṭhaṭṭhakāra -- .*ṭhaṭṭhakāra ʻ brass worker ʼ. 2. *ṭhaṭṭhakara -- . [*ṭhaṭṭha -- 1 ,kāra --1 ]1. Pk. ṭhaṭṭhāra -- m., K. ṭhö̃ṭhur m., S. ṭhã̄ṭhāro m., P. ṭhaṭhiār, ˚rā m.2.
P. ludh. ṭhaṭherā m., Ku. ṭhaṭhero m., N. ṭhaṭero, Bi. ṭhaṭherā, Mth. ṭhaṭheri,
H. ṭhaṭherā m.(CDIAL 5492, 5493)
Decipherment of m1202 epigraph:
Hypertext of Indus Script: šē̃ṣṭrĭ̄ 'flying squirrel' rebus: śrēṣṭhin 'foreman of a guild'.
kanda kanka 'rim of pot' Rebus: khaNDa 'implements' karNI 'supercargo, scribe';
Hieroglyph: harrow: maĩd ʻrude harrow or clod breakerʼ (Marathi) rebus: mẽṛhẽt, meḍ 'iron'
bhaTa 'warrior' Rebus: bhaTa 'furnace'; kanda kanka 'rim of pot' Rebus: khaNDa 'implements' karNI 'supercargo, scribe'; muhA 'ingot, quantity of iron ore smelted out of the smelter'.
Space on the side of the seal was used to inscribe a third line
Guild-master’s Indus Script Inscription (m304) deciphered. Hypertext khāra, šē̃ṣṭrĭ̄ 'squirrel’ is plaintext khār 'blacksmith' śrēṣṭhin 'guild-master' (Aitareya Brāhmaṇa)
https://tinyurl.com/y9ug5h9y) After presenting a long catalogue of metalwork done, the documentation is signed off by the guild-master: hieroglyph: khāra, šē̃ṣṭrĭ̄ 'squirrel’ rebus: śrēṣṭhin 'guild-master'.
Similarly, thousands of Indus Script inscriptions are signed off by the scribe (signified by 'rim of jar' hieroglyph, Sign 342).
Alternative: tuttha 'squirrel' Rebus: tuttha 'pewter, zinc alloy';

dula 'pair' Rebus: dul 'cast metal' muhA 'ingot' (Together, dul muhA 'cast iron ingot');
tuttha 'squirrel' Rebus: tuttha 'pewter, zinc alloy'; dula 'two' Rebus: dul 'cast metal or casting'. Thus, the epigraph with three hieroglyph-multiplexes read rebus: metal castings, cast metal ingot, pewter-zinc alloy.
(Punjabi) PLUS pattar 'feeding-trough' rebus:pattar 'goldsmith guild'
meD 'body' rebus: meD 'iron'
karNaka 'rim of jar' rebus:karNaka 'helmsman'
taṭṭal 'five' rebus:5491 *ṭhaṭṭha1 ʻ brass ʼ. [Onom. from noise of hammering brass? -- *ṭhaṭṭh -- ] N. ṭhaṭṭar ʻ an alloy of copper and bell metal ʼ.*ṭhaṭṭhakara -- , *ṭhaṭṭhakāra -- .*ṭhaṭṭhakāra ʻ brass worker ʼ. 2. *ṭhaṭṭhakara -- . [*ṭhaṭṭha -- --1 , kāra1 ]1. Pk. ṭhaṭṭhāra -- m., K. ṭhö̃ṭhur m., S. ṭhã̄ṭhāro m., P. ṭhaṭhiār, ˚rā m.2. P. ludh. ṭhaṭherā m., Ku. ṭhaṭhero m., N. ṭhaṭero, Bi. ṭhaṭherā, Mth. ṭhaṭheri, H. ṭhaṭherā m.(CDIAL 5492, 5493)
dula 'pair'rebus; dul 'metal casting' PLUS muh 'oval bun-ingot shape' rebus: muh 'ingot'. Thus, ingot metalcasting.
dhal 'slant' rebus: dhalako large ingot'; PLUS खांडा [ khāṇḍā ] m A jag, notch, or indentation (as upon the edge of a tool or weapon). (Marathi) Rebus: khāṇḍā 'tools, pots and pans' .Thus, ingots and equipment.
sal 'splinter' rebus: sal 'workshop'
dula 'pair' rebus; dul 'metal casting' PLUS kaNDa 'arrow' rebus: khāṇḍā 'tools, pots and pans' .Thus, ingots and equipment.
Cargo bill of lading signified on Mohenjo-daro boat prism tablet
Ka. tār̤ palmyra or toddy palm, Borassus flabelliformis. Tu. tāri, tāḷi id. Te. tāḍu, (inscr., Inscr.2 ) tār̤u id.; tāṭi of or belonging to the palmyra tree; tāṭi ceṭṭu palmyra tree; tāṭ-āku palmleaf. Kol. (Kin.) tāṭi māk palmyra tree. Nk. tāṛ māk/śeṭṭ toddy palm. Nk. (Ch.) tāṛ id. Pa. tāṛ id. Ga. (S.3 ) tāṭi palmyra palm. Go. (G. Ma. Ko.) tāṛ, (S.) tāṛi, (A.) tāḍi toddy palm; (SR.) tādī kal palm liquor (Voc. 1709). Konḍa ṭāṛ maran, ṭāṭi maran palmyra tree. Pe. tāṛ mar toddy palm. Kuwi (Su.) tāṭi mārnu, (S.) tāti id. Kur. tāṛ palm tree. Malt. tálmi Borassus flabelliformis. / Cf. Skt. tāla-, Pkt. tāḍa-, tāla-; Turner, CDIAL, no. 5750 (some of the Dr. items may be < IA).(DEDR 3180)*tāḍa3 ʻ fan -- palm ʼ, tāḍī --2 f. in tāḍī -- puṭa -- ʻ palm -- leaf ʼ Kād., tāla --2 m. ʻ Borassus flabelliformis ʼ Mn., tālī -- , ˚lakī -- f. ʻ palm -- wine ʼ W. [Cf.hintāla -- ]Pa. tāla -- m. ʻ fan -- palm ʼ, Pk. tāḍa -- , tāla -- , tala -- m., tāḍī -- , tālī -- f., K. tāl m., P. tāṛ m., N. tār (tāṛ ← H.), A. tāl, B. tāṛ, Or. tāṛa, tāṛi, tāḷa, Bi. tār, tāṛ, OAw. tāra, H. G. tāṛ m., M. tāḍ m., Si. tala. -- Gy. gr. taró m., tarí f. ʻ rum ʼ, rum. tari ʻ brandy ʼ, pal. tar ʻ date -- spirit ʼ; S. tāṛī f. ʻ juice of the palmyra ʼ; P. tāṛī ʻ the fermented juice ʼ; N. tāṛī ʻ id., yeast ʼ (← H.); A. tāri ʻ the fermented juice ʼ, B. Or. tāṛi, Bi. tārī, tāṛī, Bhoj. tāṛī; H. tāṛī f. ʻ the juice, the fermented juice ʼ; G. tāṛī f. ʻ the juice ʼ, M. tāḍī f. <-> Xhintāla -- q.v.tālavr̥nta -- ; *madatāḍikā -- .Addenda: tāḍa --3 : S.kcch. tāṛ m. ʻ palm tree ʼ. (CDIAL 5750)5752a †*tāḍarukṣa -- ʻ palmyra palm ʼ. [tāḍa -- -- ]3 , rukṣá
Md. tāruk ʻ palmyra ʼ.
tāṭaṅka n. m. ʻ ear -- ornament (large ring ac. Apte) ʼ Pra- sannar., tāḍaṅka -- n. Rājat., tālaṅka -- m. Apte. [Cf. tāḍīdala -- n. ʻ ear -- ornament ʼ Kālid., tāḍapattra -- (= tāḍaṅka -- ) lex., tālapattra -- n. ʻ palm -- leaf, ear -- ornament ʼ (ʻ gold cylinder ʼ ac. Apte) Kād.; tālāṅka -- ʻ palm leaf ʼ W.; tāḍī -- , tālī -- f. ʻ ornament ʼ lex. (← Drav. Tam. tāli ʻ neck ornament ʼ, etc. DED 2594, EWA i 499), tālaka -- n. ʻ ornament ʼ ("shaped like palm leaf") BHSk. Association with, rather than derivation from, *Rebus: iron bar: tāḍa2 , ˚aka -- m. ʻ latch ʼ BHSii 251, tāla -- , ˚aka -- m. ʻ latch, bolt ʼ lex., tālikā -- f. ʻ bar ʼ Hariv. [Tam. tār̤ ʻ bar, bolt, latch ʼ, etc. DED 2598; but in NIA. meanings ʻ mallet, etc. ʼ prob. same as tāˊḍa -- 1 ]Pa. tāḷa -- m. ʻ door -- bar ʼ; Pk. tāla -- , ˚aya -- n. ʻ bolt ʼ; Kho. taḷ ʻ bolt ʼ, taḷo don ʻ canine tooth ʼ; K. tôru m. ʻ bolt ʼ; S. tāṛo m. ʻ cotton -- scutcher's mallet ʼ, tāṛī f. ʻ bar or bolt of door ʼ; L. tāṛ f. ʻ part of driving wheel of spinning wheel ʼ, tāṛā m. ʻ cotton -- scutcher's mallet ʼ; P. tāṛ f. ʻ cock's spur ʼ, tāṛā m. ʻ cotton -- scutcher's mallet, piece of bamboo on a string beaten against a tree to scare birds ʼ, tālā m. ʻ lock ʼ; Ku. tālo m. ʻ hot iron bar for scorching belly of newborn infant, lock ʼ, tālī ʻ lock ʼ, gng. tāu, tāi ʻ lock ʼ; B. tāṛā ʻ door -- bar ʼ, tālā ʻ lock ʼ (→ Or. tālā), H. tālā m. ʻ lock ʼ (→ Bi. N. tālā; M. tālā m. ʻ padlock ʼ), tālī, tārī f. ʻ key ʼ; Marw. tāḷo m. ʻ lock ʼ, G. tāḷũ n., M. ṭāḷẽ n. -- Si. talaya ʻ the blade of any instrument ʼ rather < tala -- .Addenda: tāḍa -- 2 : S.kcch. tāṛo m. ʻ lock ʼ, Md. taḷu. (CDIAL 5749)

The three cargo items on bill of lading are Meluhha rebus renderings of: 1) steel metal castings; 2) Metalcastings of Iron bars; and 3) metalcastings of large metal ingots.
These three categories constitute the cargo on the Mohenjo-daro prism tablet.
The three pairs of hieroglyphs on side 1 of the tablet are:
1. black drongo'
2. palm tree
3. ox-hide sape large ingots
The rebus readings start with pairing as a rebus signifier: dula 'pair' rebus: dul 'metalcasting'.
Thus, the following three types of metalcastings constitute the cargo on the boat:
1. poladu పోలడు 'black drongo' rebus: poladu 'steel'पोलाद pōlāda n ( or P) Steel. पोलादी a Of steel. (Marathi) bulad 'steel, flint and steel .Thus, dul पोलाद pōlāda 'metalcasting of steel.'
2. tāṛ palm tree rebus: tāṛā m. ʻcotton -- scutcher's malletʼ; tālo m. ʻhot iron bar for scorching belly of newborn infant, lockʼ. Thus dul tālo 'metalcasting of iron bars'
3.ḍhālako 'large ox-hide shaped ingot' Rebus: ḍhāla n. ʻ shield ʼ lex. 2. *ḍhāllā -- .1. Tir. (Leech) "dàl"ʻ shield ʼ, Bshk. ḍāl, Ku. ḍhāl, gng. ḍhāw, N. A. B. ḍhāl, Or. ḍhāḷa, Mth. H. ḍhāl m.2. Sh. ḍal (pl. ˚le̯) f., K. ḍāl f., S. ḍhāla, L. ḍhāl (pl. ˚lã) f., P. ḍhāl f., G. M. ḍhāl f.Addenda: ḍhāla -- . 2. *ḍhāllā -- : WPah.kṭg. (kc.) ḍhāˋl f. (obl. -- a) ʻ shield ʼ (a word used in salutation), J. ḍhāl f.(CDIAL 5583). Thus dul ḍhālako 'metalcastings of large ingots'
Sign 375 conveys the message: mūhā mẽṛhẽt kolimi = Smithy/forge (in which) iron is smelted by the Kolhes and formed into an equilateral lump a little pointed at each of four ends (Santali) Sign 387 uses Sign 373 as a circumscript upon kolmo 'rice plant' rebus:kolimi 'smithy, forge'. ||| three linear strokes next to Sign 375 is a semantic determinative: kolom 'three' rebus: kolimi 'smithy, forge'.
'blacksmith' (Kashmiri) Sign 375 conveys the message: mūhā mẽṛhẽt kolimi = Smithy/forge (in which) iron is smelted by the Kolhes and formed into an equilateral lump a little pointed at each of four ends (Santali) Sign 387 uses Sign 373 as a circumscript upon kolmo 'rice plant' rebus:kolimi 'smithy, forge'. ||| three linear strokes next to Sign 375 is a semantic determinative: kolom 'three' rebus: kolimi 'smithy, forge'.
Sign 389
Circumscript is a hieroglyph read rebus: khaḍā ‘circumscribe’ (M.); Rebs: khaḍā ‘nodule (ore), stone’ (M.) This is also a semantic determinative of the stone-like nature of the ingot processed further in a smithy/forge to produce metal implements.
Sign 389 may be a variant of kolimi 'smithy/forge', maybe, pasara 'smithy' where artisans work on kaṇḍe A head or ear of millet or maize (Telugu) Rebus: kaṇḍa ‘stone (ore)(Gadba)’ Ga. (Oll.) kanḍ, (S.) kanḍu (pl. kanḍkil) stone (DEDR 1298). OR, Sign 389 may signify a bar of metal which like an ingot is further processed in a forge.This is read rebus: kor̤u 'sprout' rebus: kor̤u 'bar of metal' (processed further in the forge to produce equipments)
खोट (p. 212) [ khōṭa ] f A mass of metal (unwrought or of old metal melted down); an ingot or wedge. (Marathi) PLUS खांडा khāṇḍā A jag, notch, or indentation (as upon the edge of a tool or weapon). khaṇḍa 'implements'. PLUD dula 'pair' rebus: dul 'metal casting'.
खोट (p. 212) [ khōṭa ] f A mass of metal (unwrought or of old metal melted down); an ingot or wedge. (Marathi) PLUS खांडा khāṇḍā A jag, notch, or indentation (as upon the edge of a tool or weapon). khaṇḍa 'implements'. PLUD dula 'pair' rebus: dul 'metal casting'.
Sign 389 is a cicumscript enclosing sprout.
Sign 373![]()
.Side B of the prism tablet shows a field symbol of a crocodile catching a fish on its jaws. The rebus reading is: ayakara, 'metal alloysmith'. aya 'fish' rebus: ayas 'alloy metal' PLUS kāru a wild crocodile or alligator (Telugu) ghariyal id. kāru 'crocodile' (Telugu) கராம் karām, n. prob. grāha. 1. A species of alligator; முதலைவகை. முதலையு மிடங்கருங் கராமும் (குறிஞ்சிப். 257). 2. Male alligator; ஆண் முதலை. (திவா.) కారుమొసలి a wild crocodile or alligator. (Telugu) Rebus: kāru ‘artisan’ (Marathi) kāruvu 'artisan' (Telugu) khār
Sign 373
m1281 2266
S. baṭhu m. ‘large pot in which grain is parched, Rebus; bhaṭṭhā m. ‘kiln’ (P.) baṭa = a kind of iron (G.) Vikalpa: meṛgo = rimless vessels (Santali) bhaṭa ‘furnace’ (G.) baṭa = kiln (Santali); baṭa = a kind of iron (G.) bhaṭṭha -- m.n. ʻ gridiron (Pkt.) baṭhu large cooking fire’ baṭhī f. ‘distilling furnace’; L. bhaṭṭh m. ‘grain—parcher's oven’, bhaṭṭhī f. ‘kiln, distillery’, awāṇ. bhaṭh; P. bhaṭṭh m., ṭhī f. ‘furnace’, bhaṭṭhā m. ‘kiln’; S. bhaṭṭhī keṇī ‘distil (spirits)’. (CDIAL 9656) Rebus: meḍ iron (Ho.) PLUS muka 'ladle' rebus; mū̃h 'ingot', quantity of metal got out of a smelter furnace (Santali).Thus, this hieroglyph-multiplex (hypertext) signifies: iron ingot.
Side C
The text message on the Mohenjo-daro boat tablet has two segments: Boat Cargo Bill of lading Segment 1; Boat Cargo Bill of lading Segment 2 Segment 2:
Sign 59 aya 'fish' rebus: ayas 'alloy metal'.
On Segment 2, Sign 375 reads rebus: dul 'metalcasting' khanda 'implements'PLUS (circumscript) mūhāmẽṛhẽt kolimi(from)ingotsmithy.
PLUS
ayas कर्णिक 'alloy metal steersman'
Segment 1:medho karnika 'steersman's helper merchant'

Horned elephant. Almost similar to the composition: Body of a ram (with inlaid ‘heart’ sign), horns of a bull, trunk of an elephant, hindlegs of a tiger and an upraised serpent-like tail
dula 'two' rebus: dul 'metal casting' PLUSmaĩd ʻrude harrow or clod breakerʼ (Marathi) rebus: mẽṛhẽt, meḍ'iron'. PLUS
कूदीf. a bunch of twigs , bunch (v.l. कूट्/ई) AV. v , 19 , 12 Kaus3. accord. to Kaus3. , Sch. = बदरी, "Christ's thorn".(Monier-Williams) Rebus: kuThi 'smelter'. Thus, smelter used for iron metal castings. OR, pajhar'sprout' rebus: pasra'smithy'. Thus smithy for iron metal castings. OR,
Ta. kor̤untu tender twig, tendril, tender leaf, shoot, anything young, tenderness; kor̤umai freshness (as of shoots), beauty; kor̤untaṉ husband, husband's younger brother; kor̤unti wife's sister, brother's wife; kor̤unaṉ husband; kur̤a young, tender; kur̤akaṉ youth, beautiful person, Skanda; kur̤aku youthfulness, beauty, infant; kur̤antai infant, childhood; kur̤avi infant, young of certain animals, young of the vegetable kingdom; kur̤avu tender age, juvenility; kur̤ai (-pp-, -tt-) to cause to sprout or shoot forth; n. tender leaf, sprout, shoot. Ma. kor̤unnu, kor̤untu tender twig, young shoot, new-grown hair. To. kwïζ twig. Ka. koḍa tenderness, tender age, youth; koṇasu young one of wild beasts. Tu. korè weak, small. Kor. (O. T.) korayi, (M.) kori husband; (O. M. T.) korti wife. Te. krotta (in cpds. kro-) new, fresh; koḍuku son; koṇḍika child; kodama the young of any animal; young; komma maiden, female; kōḍalu daughter-in-law; kōṭramu, kōḍaṇṭramu, kōḍaṇṭrikamu, kōḍaṟikamu the position and duties of a daughter-in-law, daughter-in-lawship. Kol. kovve young of bird or animal; koral younger brother's wife; kommal (pl. kommasil) daughter. Nk. kovve young of bird or animal; koraḷ daughter-in-law, bride; kommaḷ (pl. kommaśil) daughter. Nk. (Ch.) komma daughter; kola bride, son's wife, younger brother's wife. Pa. koṛ very young; koṛuŋg new shoot, sprout; koṛc- to sprout; koṛol bride. Ga. (Oll.) koṛal son's wife, younger brother's wife; (S) koḍus-, koḍc- to sprout; (P.) koṛuŋ young shoot. Go. (Tr.) kōṛsānā, kōrsānā to sprout, grow (of trees, plants, etc.); (A. Mu. Ma. S.) koṛs- to sprout (Voc. 945); (Mu.) koṛk-ila new leaf; (Ko.) koṛi leaf-shoot (Voc. 934); (Ma.) koṛta month of Bhadrā (Aug.-Sept.) when new paddy is worshipped (Voc. 940); (Tr.) koriāṛ son's wife; tammur-koriāṛ younger brother's wife; (W.) koṛiāṛ daughter-in-law; (Mu.) koṛiyaṛ id., sister's daughter, younger brother's wife (Voc. 936); (Koya Su.) koḍiyāḍ daughter-in-law, sister's daughter (of a male); (ASu.) koṛkēlā tender, young. Konḍa koṛo (pl. -k) female child, (pl. -r) male child; koṛonali a nursing mother; koṛya daughter-in-law, younger brother's wife; koṛesi daughter-in-law (when referring to the 3rd person); (BB) kodma male buffalo calf (< Te.). Pe. koṛiya gāṛ son's wife, younger brother's wife; kṛogi fresh, new (of leaves). Manḍ. kṛugdi id.; kuṛiya gāṛ son's wife, younger borther's wife. Kui koṛgi newly sprouted, green, immature, unripe; koṛgari (pl. koṛgai) new shoot, fresh stalk, something green, immature, or unripe; kōṛu new shoot, fresh stalk, stem, or bud; new, green, immature; kōṛa a shoot, sprout, first sprout (of paddy after planting); kōṛa koḍa to sprout (of paddy); kōna bud; gōṇi sprout, offshoot; kuṛa, kṛua,(Letchmajee) kṛuha wife. Kuwi (P.) kuṛia, (F.) kūria daughter-in-law; (Ḍ.) kuṛva younger brother's wife; (F.) khrogi kōma a soft twig (i.e. soft, young, tender; for kōma, see 2115); (Ṭ.) koṛgi young (of children); (Isr.) kṛōgi immature, young. Kur. xōr leaf-bud, new leaves, fresh and tender leaves of vegetables; xōrnā (xūryā) to shoot out new leaves; korrā fresh (recently made, prepared, or obtained), pure. Malt. qóro infant, Indian corn when green; qóroce to sprout. Br. xarring to sprout; xarrun green, blue, black and blue; fruitful; xarrunī greenness; wife. Cf. 3650 Ta. nāy, for -kuṛi, etc., in Konḍa, Kui, Kuwi. / Cf. Skt. kora-, koraka- bud (Turner, CDIAL, no. 3527); kuṇaka- a new-born animal; kuḍaka- child (epic; Burrow, Belvalkar Felicitation Volume, pp. 6 f.; cf. Turner, CDIAL, no. 3245); kuḍmala-, kuṭmala- filled with buds, bud (epic, kāvya; Turner, CDIAL, no. 3250); Turner, CDIAL, no. 3249, *kuḍma- bud.(DEDR 2149) kōraka m.n. ʻ bud ʼ R. [← Drav. (Tam. kuṟai ʻ sprout ʼ, Kui kōṛu ʻ bud ʼ) EWA i 272]Pa. kōraka -- m.n. ʻ bud, sheath ʼ; Pk. kōraya -- , ˚rava<-> m.n. ʻ bud ʼ; Si. kuru ʻ bud, tender leavesʼ.Addenda: kōraka -- [← Drav. see
Rebus: bar of metal:: Ta. kor̤u bar of metal, ploughshare. Ma. kor̤u ploughshare. Ko. kov iron point of plough. To. ku· ploughshare (< Badaga gü·, Language 15.47; the word occurs only in one passage and the meaning is arrived at by etymology). Ka. kur̤a, kur̤u, gur̤a, gur̤u ploughshare, iron used in cauterizing. Tu. koru a bar of metal.(DEDR 2147)
kaNDa kanka 'equipment supercrgo'
Field symbol: phaḍa 'cobra hood' rebus: phaḍa, paṭṭaḍe 'metals workshop' PLUS karibha, ibha 'elephant' rebus: karba, ib 'iron'; PLUS koD 'horns' rebus: koD 'workshop'. Thus,iron workshop in metals manufactory.