The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s1.38

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The last 3 signs in Col. IV of Table VI are compounds. The last is a phonetic compound for 𐍈𐍋. If 𐍈 and 𐍋 are both closed syllables, as there is reason to believe (see analysis of Table XXIV) there can be no case of contraction or elision here. The compound will be either ideographic or integral (i.e. each syllable being pronounced fully as is the case with Sumerian compound phonograms.) The two preceding signs are probably phonetic compounds of the integral sort. The compound is resolved in text No. 5. The reason for writing integral syllables as a compound is probably the same as in Sumerian: viz., that they form one word.