The Indus Civilization c6.9

c6.9

Certain badly damaged statues of animals, the largest of which is ten inches high, are cut in limestone and all rest on rectangular plinths. These must undoubtedly represent gods in their animal form, and they probably come from some temple or shrine. Two specimens are so battered that it is hard to identify the animal that was represented, but it is possible that in both cases it was a ram couchant. Strangely enough, the ram does not appear on the seals, although it is common as an amulet made in faience.