Image: Iravatham Mahadevan
Image: Iravatham Mahadevan

This is the pictograph of a manger combined with the verb to determine or measure. It is the noun rations.


Illustrative Text References:

Harappa: Seal: H-22 a: Jagat Pati Joshi and Asko Parpola, 1987: Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions: Volume 1: Page 172: Collections in India: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.

 

Mohenjo-daro: Incised Copper Tablet: M-537 A: Jagat Pati Joshi and Asko Parpola, 1987: Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions: Volume 1: Page 135: Collections in India: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.


Image Credit:

Indus Script Sign Number 183: Sign List of the Indus Script: Iravatham Mahadevan, 1977: The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables: The Director General Archaeological Survey of India.