The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s18.1

c10.s18.1

The two signs in Col. IV, opposite texts 23, 24, are perhaps independent signs; but perhaps allied, since there is a resemblance in shape though not in sequences. The remaining signs in Col. IV of the whole Table are undoubtedly simple variants. The form in text No. 8 should be regarded as original, showing the tail, back, two ears and hind legs of an animal. The shape of the ears suggests the jackal. The ears seem to have undergone progressive conventionalisation and suppression until in text No. 14 they disappear entirely. We may compare the same phenomenon in Table LIX.