The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c7.s1.32

c7.s1.32

It is clear then that we have on the coins the same kind of inscription as on the seals, and, from our universal experience of seals in all countries and all epochs, this can only be Proper Names. So then the copper inscriptions set forth the names, titles, or styles of the persons who issued the coins, probably the rulers of the state. With this thought in mind we may re-examine nos. M. 24-31. It will be shown later¹ that 𐀀𐀀 is but a 'spelling-out' of 𐀀 . Nos. 24-31 then are identical, and might have all been written as Nos. 30 and 31 𐀀𐀁𐀂 . These signs are to be read from right to left.² They probably constitute the ruler's style. The last sign is so generally last as to be almost certainly a suffix. The first sign is very like the Hittite sign for 'King', and the second like the Hittite sign for 'land'. One is tempted to regard the 𐀀 as the suffix of the genitive case and read 'King of the land'.³