The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s34.1

c10.s34.1

The first two are clearly variants by their graphic resemblance. Cf. 𐀀 and 𐀀 . The fifth may be classed as a variant for the same reason, but with less assurance. The third may be a later and more conventionalised form by separating the horns (?) from the arms (?), straightening out the former, and amplifying the head (?). Morphographically there is a curious parallelism between 𐀀 and 𐀀 on the one hand and 𐀀 and 𐀀 on the other. If 𐀀 is ideographically a man, perhaps 𐀀 is a god or hero, the additional element being horns (cf. design on M.440). 𐀀 𐀀 (cf. 𐀀 Table XLIX, No. 30) may be a man with legs together, and 𐀀 a divinity in similar posture.