The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s23.3

c10.s23.3

The sign 𐀅 is probably pictographically independent¹. It is perhaps an ideogram for 'heaven'; the circle representing the sky and the interior lines a star. Or it may be a wheel. Functionally it resembles 𐀂, 𐀁. It is not likely however that it is phonetically allied. At least no such conclusion could be based on any assumption of euphonic variation, since like 0, ◊ it is initial, and like them followed by " It is probably then quite unconnected, like ⊐ and ⍋ which also seem functionally to correspond. We must now endeavour to ascertain this function since so many of our texts begin with " 0, " ◊, " ⊛ . Now it will appear from an analysis of the sequences Nos. 8-43, 46, 51-91, 102, 104-127, that " marks a halt in the sense. What follows is quite independent of what precedes, and constitutes a complete word or words in every case; words which are sometimes found as complete texts in themselves; while no less than fifty are found as initial in other texts. If we turn to the analysis of Table XXX we shall find that there also what follows " is invariably a name complete in itself.