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This is an addendum to: Wealth classifier hypertexts. What do Harappa miniature tablets signify through their messages? Metallurgy of kasērā ʻmetal workerʼ
I posit that the decipherment of Mohenjo-daro m355 tablet is conclusive evidence for rebus readings of the underlying Meluhha expressions, the bronze-age parole (spoken tongue or Indian sprachbund or Linguistic Area) of Sarasvati Civilization.
2654 m0355 This is the most unambiguous, exquisitely orthographed epigraph of Sarasvati Civilization. This is a catalogue of workshop supercargo items: furnace (for) bronze metal castings, implements for smithy/forge, bronze workshop, iron, alloy implements, furnace ingots, smithy/forge metal castings, bronze implements, Supercargo, scribe account.kāˊṁsya ʻ made of bell -- metal ʼ KātyŚr., n. ʻ bell -- metal ʼ Yājñ., ʻ cup of bell -- metal ʼ MBh., ˚aka -- n. ʻ bell -- metal ʼ. 2. *kāṁsiya -- . [kaṁsá -- 1 ]1. Pa. kaṁsa -- m. (?) ʻ bronze ʼ, Pk. kaṁsa -- , kāsa -- n. ʻ bell -- metal, drinking vessel, cymbal ʼ; L. (Jukes) kã̄jā adj. ʻ of metal ʼ, awāṇ. kāsā ʻ jar ʼ (← E with -- s -- , not ñj); N. kã̄so ʻ bronze, pewter, white metal ʼ, kas -- kuṭ ʻ metal alloy ʼ; A. kã̄h ʻ bell -- metal ʼ, B. kã̄sā, Or. kãsā, Bi. kã̄sā; Bhoj. kã̄s ʻ bell -- metal ʼ, kã̄sā ʻ base metal ʼ; H. kās, kã̄sā m. ʻ bell -- metal ʼ, G. kã̄sũ n., M. kã̄sẽ n.; Ko. kã̄śẽ n. ʻ bronze ʼ; Si. kasa ʻ bell -- metal ʼ.2. L. kã̄ihã̄ m. ʻ bell -- metal ʼ, P. kã̄ssī, kã̄sī f., H. kã̄sī f.*kāṁsyakara -- , kāṁsyakāra -- , *kāṁsyakuṇḍikā -- , kāṁsyatāla -- , *kāṁsyabhāṇḍa -- .Addenda: kāˊṁsya -- : A. kã̄h also ʻ gong ʼ, or < kaṁsá -- . *kāṁsyakara ʻ worker in bell -- metal ʼ. [See next: kāˊṁsya -- , kará -- 1 ]L. awāṇ. kasērā ʻ metal worker ʼ, P. kaserā m. ʻ worker in pewter ʼ (both ← E with -- s -- ); N. kasero ʻ maker of brass pots ʼ; Bi. H. kaserā m. ʻ worker in pewter ʼ kāṁsyakāra m. ʻ worker in bell -- metal or brass ʼ Yājñ. com., kaṁsakāra -- m. BrahmavP. [kāˊṁsya -- , kāra -- 1 ]N. kasār ʻ maker of brass pots ʼ; A. kãhār ʻ worker in bell -- metal ʼ; B. kã̄sāri ʻ pewterer, brazier, coppersmith ʼ, Or. kãsārī; H. kasārī m. ʻ maker of brass pots ʼ; G. kãsārɔ,
kas˚ m. ʻ coppersmith ʼ; M. kã̄sār, kās˚ m. ʻ worker in white metal ʼ, kāsārḍā m. ʻ contemptuous term for the same ʼ.(CDIAL 2987 to 2989)
bhaṭa 'warrior' rebus: baṭa 'ron'; bhaṭa 'furnace' 
dula 'pair' rebus: dul 'metal casting' PLUS kuṭi 'curve; rebus: कुटिल kuṭila, katthīl (
kaṇḍa 'arrow' khaṇḍa 'implements'
kanac 'corner'rebus: kancu 'bronze, bell-metal' PLUS sal 'splinter' rebus: sal 'workshop' Thus, bell-metal (ingots) workshop. Note: Rhombus or bun ingot oval shape signifies muh 'ingot' mūhā mẽṛhẽt = iron smelted by the Kolhes and formeḍinto an equilateral lump a little pointed at each end; mẽṛhẽt, meḍ ‘iron’ (Mu.Ho.) ![]()
Santali gloss.
Santali gloss.
ayo 'fish' rebus aya 'iron' ayas 'metal alloy' PLUS ḍhaṁkaṇa'lid' rebus dhakka'excellent, bright, blazing metal article' Thus, blazing iron alloy metal.
ayo 'fish' rebus: aya 'iron' ayas 'metal' PLUS खांडा [ khāṇḍā] m A jag, notch, or indentation (as upon the edge of a tool) rebus khaṇḍa 'implements'.
muka 'ladle' (Tamil)(DEDR 4887) Rebus: mū̃h 'ingot' (Santali).PLUS baṭa = rimless pot (Kannada) Rebus: baṭa = a kind of iron (Gujarati).bhaṭa 'furnace'.
kolom 'three' rebus: kolimi 'smithy, forge'
dula 'two' rebus: dul 'metal casting'
kanac'corner' rebus: kancu'bronze' PLUS gaṇḍa'four' rebus: khaṇḍa 'implements'. Thus, bronze implements.
kanka 'rim of jar' rebus: karaṇī 'supercargo, scribe' 1. karaṇī, 'Supercargo', 'a representative of the ship's owner on board a merchant ship, responsible for overseeing the cargo and its sale' and 2. karṇaka, 'Helmsman' 'captain of a bagala or koṭiya, 'dhow, seafaring vessel' is signified.