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First Excavations at Harappa
1923-24: Unearthing the Mysteries of Harappa

Three Inscribed Unicorn Seals

These three seals all have the same unicorn animal motif and a ritual container placed below the head of the animal. The script location and carving styles indicate that the seals belong to different time periods. The right hand seal probably dates to between 2200-1900 BCE (Harappa 3C). The other two seals date to between 2450-2200 BCE (Harappa 3B). For details see Kenoyer, J. M. and R. H. Meadow 2010. Inscribed objects from Harappa Excavations: 1986-2007 In Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions, Vol. 3. New Material, untraced objects, and collections outside India and Pakistan, Annales Academiae Scientiarum Gennicae, edited by A. Parpola, B. M. Pande and P. Koskikallio, pp. xliv-lviii. . Helsinki, Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.

- Jonathan Mark Kenoyer, 2023.

ASI Description

[Original caption] Harappa A 336 (a) 3 seals

Slide Year
1923-24: Unearthing the Mysteries of Harappa
ASI Number
488/86
Punjab Volume
31
Silver Plate
491
Seals
Harappa
Photograph
Daya Ram Sahni
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