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Around the Indus in 90 Slides 2

Inscribed storage jar

Many large storage jars of the Harappa Phase (2600-1900 BCE) have writing inscribed along the upper portion of the vessel. This inscription includes a figure of a man with the bow and arrow sign in each hand. It is impossible to shoot two bows and arrows at the same time so this is clearly not a pictograph, but rather a combined symbol used as part of a Indus writing system.

Writing
Storage Jar
Harappa
Photograph
Harappa Archaeological Research Project
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