Image: Iravatham Mahadevan
Image: Iravatham Mahadevan

In this pictograph, posts are set in the ground forming an obstacle. Hence, it is an ideograph for the noun barrier.


Illustrative Text References:

Harappa: Seal: H-271 a: Sayid Ghulam Mustafa Shah and Asko Parpola, 1991: Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions: Volume 2: Page 256 (The reference number suggests India, but the location is Pakistan. Hence, it was omitted from Volume 1.): Collections in Pakistan: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.

 

Mohenjo-daro: Seal: M-1203 a: Sayid Ghulam Mustafa Shah and Asko Parpola, 1991: Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions: Volume 2: Page 145: Collections in Pakistan: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.


Image Credit:

Indus Script Sign Number 189: Sign List of the Indus Script: Iravatham Mahadevan, 1977: The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables: The Director General Archaeological Survey of India.