See: http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/05/bahrain-digs-unveil-one-of-oldest.html
See: Harriet Crawford, Early Dilmun seals from Saar, Art and Commerce in Bronze Age Bahrain, Archaeology International, London (2001) http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-456-1/dissemination/pdf/Saar_Report_2.pdf
Mirror: http://www.scribd.com/doc/143096331/Early-Dilmun-seals-from-Saar-Art-and-Commerce-in-Bronze-Age-Bahrain-Archaeology-International-London-Harriet-Crawford-2001
Many of these seals are in Indus writing. See details in S. Kalyanaraman, 2013, Indus writing in ancient near East: Corpora and a Dictionary, Herndon
The following monograph presents readings of some Dilmun seal hieroglyphs using Meluhha (mleccha) lexemes of Indian sprachbund:
Indus writing in ancient Near East (Dilmun seal readings)![]()
The following are the rebus Meluhha (mleccha) readings of glyphs on Dilmun seals (appended): Back of proto-Dilmun style seal from Saar (2622:05; dia. 1.9 cm.)Copulation or erotic narratives
“The links between Susa and Dilmun are well attested in the texts and the archaeology. It has already been mentioned that the erotic scenes showing women with their legs wide apart, found in the Early Dilmun style seal repertoire, show links with simpler scenes, with a long prehistory in Elam. One Persian Gulf seal with Indus writing, three Early Dilmun style seals, two cylinder seals decorated with Early Dilmun style motifs, and one possible Dilmun sealing from a lenticular bulla were found at Susa, and are illustrated by Amiet (1972, Nos. 1643, 1716–18, 1975, 2021 and 240). The usage of the route north from Susa at this period is suggested by a single Dilmun seal found in the treasury of the Kititum temple at Ischali in the Diyala valley (Hill et al. 1990), and by a dedication to Inzac of Dilmun by a king of Eshnunna on a stone amulet found on the island of Cythera (Potts 1990, p. 225).” (p.31)
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Mirror: http://www.scribd.com/doc/143096331/Early-Dilmun-seals-from-Saar-Art-and-Commerce-in-Bronze-Age-Bahrain-Archaeology-International-London-Harriet-Crawford-2001
Many of these seals are in Indus writing. See details in S. Kalyanaraman, 2013, Indus writing in ancient near East: Corpora and a Dictionary, Herndon
Indus writing in ancient Near East (Dilmun seal readings)
The following are the rebus Meluhha (mleccha) readings of glyphs on Dilmun seals (appended): Back of proto-Dilmun style seal from Saar (2622:05; dia. 1.9 cm.)
Copulation or erotic narratives
kamḍa, khamḍa 'copulation' (Santali) Rebus: kaṇḍ ‘furnace, fire-altar, consecrated fire’.
“The links between Susa and Dilmun are well attested in the texts and the archaeology. It has already been mentioned that the erotic scenes showing women with their legs wide apart, found in the Early Dilmun style seal repertoire, show links with simpler scenes, with a long prehistory in Elam. One Persian Gulf seal with Indus writing, three Early Dilmun style seals, two cylinder seals decorated with Early Dilmun style motifs, and one possible Dilmun sealing from a lenticular bulla were found at Susa, and are illustrated by Amiet (1972, Nos. 1643, 1716–18, 1975, 2021 and 240). The usage of the route north from Susa at this period is suggested by a single Dilmun seal found in the treasury of the Kititum temple at Ischali in the Diyala valley (Hill et al. 1990), and by a dedication to Inzac of Dilmun by a king of Eshnunna on a stone amulet found on the island of Cythera (Potts 1990, p. 225).” (p.31)