Image: Iravatham Mahadevan
Image: Iravatham Mahadevan

This is a pictograph of an Asian king vulture (Sarcogyps calvus). Hence, it is the noun vulture.


Illustrative Text Reference:

Mohenjo-daro: Seal: M-6 a: Jagat Pati Joshi and Asko Parpola, 1987: Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions: Volume 1: Page 5: Collections in India: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.


Image Credit:

Indus Script Sign Number 83: Sign List of the Indus Script: Iravatham Mahadevan, 1977: The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables: The Director General Archaeological Survey of India.