Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization / c. 2000 BCE
Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription
The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription as seals (Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization · c. 2000 BCE).
A perforated boss at the back allowed the seal to be suspended and easily pressed.
A CLOSER LOOK
The museum identifies this seals as steatite.
The museum's collection notes: Small stone seals, probably used to identify merchandise or property, are among the most numerous objects discovered from the mysterious proto-historic sites along the banks of the Indus River system. Like these, most have sensitively rendered animal imagery along with an inscription written in a script that has not yet been deciphered.
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