The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c8.4

c8.4

M. 151. The first line shows a sequence normal in single line inscriptions (see Table XXV), and therefore reads from right to left. Regarding the second line the evidence is scanty. 𐀌 and 𐀍 are not elsewhere found together, and the only instance where 𐀀 and 𐀁 are found is H. 44. But as shown in the analysis of Table LXVI 𐀁 and 𐀂 are not variants of the same sign. However, they probably represent allied sounds, as is explained later, and it is possible that the 𐀂 𐀀 of H. 44, and the 𐀀 𐀂 of M. 151 are the same word with a dialectal variation of pronunciation. There are many such instances of dialectal variations recorded in the script, as we shall see. Provisionally then I have assumed that we have in H. 44 and M. 151 the same word, and have accordingly read the second line of M. 151 from left to right.¹