Seals

Ancient Indus Valley civilization seals

Mundigak Stone Seals

The wide variety of seals found at Mundigak, mainly stone but also some copper, have deep material and stylistic connections with Central Asia (see two bronze Mundigak seals), and, towards the south-east, with sites recently found in Iran from betwe… >

Harappa Seals

Seven unicorn seals, all but two broken, among other types. Top row Left: Published in ARASI 1924-25 Plate XXVII, No. 8, “A (b) 922” Third from Left: Published in ARASI 1924-25 Plate XXVII, No. 4, “A (i) 16” Fourth from Left:… >

Faience button seal

Faience button seal (H99-3814/8756-01) with swastika motif found on the floor of Room 202 (Trench 43). >

Unicorn Seal

This unicorn seal was also discovered during the late 1927-31 excavations at Mohenjo-daro. One theory holds that the bull actually has two horns, but that these have been stylized to one because of the complexity of depicting three dimensions. Howev… >

Harappa Excavations, Three Seals

"Among the antiqui­ties found here was a seal die (No. A 214), Plate IX, Photos. Nos. 2817 a-b. It is square in shape, along each, side and provided with a round projection on the reverse pierced with a hole for the string by which it was suspended… >

Trough

The unicorn always has this object in front of it. There are at least five theories about this object. Mackay and Marshall thought it was the feeding trough or "manger" still seen in Sindh today. There is work connecting it to contemporary offering … >

Harappa Seal

Published in Vats 1940, plate XCII, No 296. The published version is the other way up. Title: Seal Found in Mound AB. Vats noted the provenance as: “In squares P 18/11 and 12 are the remains of an oblong room measuring 14 by 12 ft. internal… >

Unicorn Seal

An incredibly well-preserved seal. The second image [above] is the sealing made from this seal, as shown in Shah, S. G. M. and A. Parpola, Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions. 2. Collections in Pakistan (p. 16). On unicorn seals in general, th… >