The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s23.1

c10.s23.1

Both the shape and position of 𐀁 and 𐀂 in the texts and the fact that each is normally followed by 𐀃 leads us to infer that they are graphic variants of one and the same sign. The forms of this sign appearing in Nos. 47, 48 are probably defective. It is not likely that they are other than variants. Cf. 46 with all the texts containing 𐀃𐀂 and also with No. 1; 47 with 61; in the case of 49 the three interior strokes were lightly incised on the original and may have been accidental scratches.