The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s12.5

c10.s12.5

𓆝 appears from its shape, position and sequences to be allied in sound and function to 𓆛 and 𓆜 . All that has been said regarding them may be applied to it. That it is not however identical with either of them may be inferred (1) from its being found on the same texts (2) from the fact that it figures as prefix to the group 𓆟𓂝 to the exclusion of all other members of the fish group except for a single instance where 𓆠 is prefixed. (See Table I, 50-56). It appears to be derived from 𓆛 by the addition of 𓂝 to represent an allied sound which, as a word, is a dialectal variant of the word which could equally be written with any member of the fish group.