Sign 16 is a hypertext wich combines 
Sign 12 duplicated PLUS 
Sign 204Sign 204 is read Meluhha rebus: Ta. meṭṭu mound, heap of earth; mēṭu height, eminence, hillock; muṭṭu rising ground, high ground, heap. Ma. mēṭu rising ground, hillock; māṭu hillock, raised ground; miṭṭāl rising ground, an alluvial bank; (Tiyya) maṭṭa hill. Ka. mēḍu height, rising ground, hillock; miṭṭu rising or high ground, hill; miṭṭe state of being high, rising ground, hill, mass, a large number; (Hav.) muṭṭe heap (as of straw). Tu. miṭṭè prominent, protruding; muṭṭe heap. Te. meṭṭa raised or high ground, hill; (K.) meṭṭu mound; miṭṭa high ground, hillock, mound; high, elevated, raised, projecting; (VPK) mēṭu, mēṭa, mēṭi stack of hay; (Inscr.) meṇṭa-cēnu dry field (cf. meṭṭu-nēla, meṭṭu-vari). Kol. (SR.) meṭṭā hill; (Kin.) meṭṭ, (Hislop) met mountain. Nk. meṭṭ hill, mountain. Ga. (S.Sign 12 duplicated is read Meluhha hypertext: dula 'pair' rebus: dul 'metal casting' PLUS kuṭi 'water-carrier' rebus: kuṭhii 'smelter'. Thus, together metalcasting smelter.
Sign 16 combines Sign 204 and Siogn 12 to construct a hypertext expression: dul mẽṛhẽt kuṭhii'icast iron smelter'
1537 m101 Seal Field symbol कोंद kōnda 'young bull' rebus: कोंद kōnda 'engraver, turner, smelter.' कोंद kōnda 'kiln, furnace' singhin 'spiny-horned' rebus: singi 'ornament gold' PLUS sangaḍa 'lathe, portable brazier' PLUS [ kammaṭamu ] Same as కమటము 'portable furnace' rebus: sangarh 'fortification', sangar 'trade', kammaṭa 'mint, coiner, coinage'. 
1537 m101 Seal Text Sign 257, 99, 322, 342, 204, 162 Meluhha rebus readings are: 
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.
Sign 322 is a stylised variant of Sign 12: kuṭi 'water-carrier' rebus: kuṭhii 'smelter'
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. Sign 204 is read Meluhha rebus: Ta. meṭṭu mound; Kuwi (S.) metta hill; (Isr.) meṭa sand hill. (DEDR 5058) Rebus: med मृदु mṛdu, mẽṛhẽt 'iron' (Meluhha.Indian sprachbund or linguistic area)
Sign162 kolmo 'rice plant' rebus:kolimi 'smithy, forge' kole.l 'temple,smithy, forge'.
1123 m867 Seal Field symbol: कोंद kōnda 'young bull' rebus: कोंद kōnda 'engraver, turner, smelter.' कोंद kōnda 'kiln, furnace' singhin 'spiny-horned' rebus: singi 'ornament gold' PLUS sangaḍa 'lathe, portable brazier' PLUS [ kammaṭamu ] Same as కమటము 'portable furnace' rebus: sangarh 'fortification', sangar 'trade', kammaṭa 'mint, coiner, coinage'. 
1123 m867 Text Sign 204 is read Meluhha rebus: Ta. meṭṭu mound; Kuwi (S.) metta hill; (Isr.) meṭa sand hill. (DEDR 5058) Rebus: med मृदु mṛdu, mẽṛhẽt 'iron' (Meluhha.Indian sprachbund or linguistic area)gaNDA 'four' rebus: kaND 'fire-altar' kaNDA 'equipment' PLUS kolom 'three' rebus: kolimi 'smithy, forge'. Thus, equipment forge, fire-altar.
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. Five Harappa tablets h707 to h711 have identical inscription Text 5280 The inscription is a variant of the inscription on m867 Seal. Thus, the Meluhha rebus reading is identical to that shown for m867 Seal.
Sign 204 is read Meluhha rebus: Ta. meṭṭu mound; Kuwi (S.) metta hill; (Isr.) meṭa sand hill. (DEDR 5058) Rebus: med मृदु mṛdu, mẽṛhẽt 'iron' (Meluhha.Indian sprachbund or linguistic area)khaṇḍa 'divisions' Rebus: kāṇḍā 'metalware';
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. Thus, The 1707, 4240 identical texts on seals read rebus: med मृदु mṛdu, mẽṛhẽt 'iron' kāṇḍā 'metalware'; (Signed) kaNDA kanka 'equipmen supercargo'.
3060 m279 Seal Field symbol: karibha, ibha 'elephant' rebus:karba,ib 'iron'
3060 m279 Text Sign 343 is Sign 342 PLUS notch: kanda kanka 'equipment Supercargo' PLUS खांडा [ khāṇḍā ] m A jag, notch, or indentation (as upon the edge of a tool or weapon). (Marathi) rebus: khāṇḍā 'equipment'. Thus, the infix notch is a reinforcement of Sign 342 which signifies equiment (warehouse) Supercargo.
dula ';two'rebus:dul 'metalcasting' PLUS
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kaṇḍa 'arrow' khaṇḍa 'implements
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4079 h408 Seal Field symbol:कोंद kōnda 'young bull' rebus: कोंद kōnda 'engraver, turner, smelter.' कोंद kōnda 'kiln, furnace' singhin 'spiny-horned' rebus: singi 'ornament gold' PLUS sangaḍa 'lathe, portable brazier' PLUS [ kammaṭamu ] Same as కమటము 'portable furnace' rebus: sangarh 'fortification', sangar 'trade', kammaṭa 'mint, coiner, coinage'. ![]()
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Sign 204 is read Meluhha rebus: Ta. meṭṭu mound; Kuwi (S.) metta hill; (Isr.) meṭa sand hill. (DEDR 5058) Rebus: med मृदु mṛdu, mẽṛhẽt 'iron' (Meluhha.Indian sprachbund or linguistic area)khaṇḍa 'divisions' Rebus: kāṇḍā 'metalware';
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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.
baṭa = rimless pot (Kannada) Rebus: baṭa = a kind of iron (Gujarati).bhaṭa 'furnace' PLUS sal 'splinter' rebus: sal 'workshop'. Thus metalcasting iron furnace workshop.
Hieroglyph: harrow: maĩd ʻrude harrow or clod breakerʼ (Marathi) rebus: mẽṛhẽt, meḍ 'iron'
aya 'fish' rebus: ayas 'alloy metal'
kaṇḍa 'arrow' khaṇḍa 'implements
4079 h408 Seal Field symbol:कोंद kōnda 'young bull' rebus: कोंद kōnda 'engraver, turner, smelter.' कोंद kōnda 'kiln, furnace' singhin 'spiny-horned' rebus: singi 'ornament gold' PLUS sangaḍa 'lathe, portable brazier' PLUS [ kammaṭamu ] Same as కమటము 'portable furnace' rebus: sangarh 'fortification', sangar 'trade', kammaṭa 'mint, coiner, coinage'. 
4079 h408 Text Sign 204 is read Meluhha rebus: Ta. meṭṭu mound; Kuwi (S.) metta hill; (Isr.) meṭa sand hill. (DEDR 5058) Rebus: med मृदु mṛdu, mẽṛhẽt 'iron' (Meluhha.Indian sprachbund or linguistic area)dula 'two' rebus:dul 'metal casting' baṭa = rimless pot (Kannada) Rebus: baṭa = a kind of iron (Gujarati).bhaṭa 'furnace' PLUS sal 'splinter' rebus: sal 'workshop'. Thus metalcastingiron furnace workshop.
khambhaṛā 'fish-fin' rebus: Ta. kampaṭṭam coinage, coiner, mint' LUS aya 'fish' rebus: ayas 'alloy metal'. Thus,alloy metal mint.
Sign48 baraḍo 'spine, backbone' rebus: baran, bharat 'mixed alloys' (5 copper, 4 zinc and 1 tin) (Punjabi)
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.