The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables c4.s8.t2.24

c4.s8.t2.24

In both of the main categories, the embossed and the engraved, the tablets are subdivided firstly according to their form (and material) and secondly according to their iconography, size, and condition of preservation. We have tried to avoid form-based classifications that will lead to ambiguous cases and practical difficulties: thus, the class of rectangular shape includes both thin and thick tablets and evenly flat tablets as well as tablets that are slightly thicker at the centre than at the edges. Finer classifications have been proposed, but they are difficult to carry through in practice