Image: Iravatham Mahadevan
Image: Iravatham Mahadevan

In this symbol, the verb to hide is combined with a pictograph of a cover. The cover glyph shares a common origin with the Chinese character 冖.

Suggested translations are screened off or concealed.


Illustrative Text Reference:

Mohenjo-daro: Seal: M-1720 a: Asko Parpola, B. M. Pande, and Petteri Koskikallio, 2010: Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions: Volume 3,1: Page 29: New material, untraced objects, and collections outside India and Pakistan: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.


Image Credit:

Indus Script Sign Number 139: Sign List of the Indus Script: Iravatham Mahadevan, 1977: The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables: The Director General Archaeological Survey of India.