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Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription
c. 2000 BCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Small stone seals, probably used to identify merchandise or property, are among the most numerous objects discovered from the mysterious proto-historic sites along the banks of the Indus River system. Like these, most have sensitively rendered animal imagery along with an inscription written in a script that has not yet been deciphered.
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- Title: Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription
- Date Created: c. 2000 BCE
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 3.2 x 3.2 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: (William H. Wolff [1906–1991], New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Seals
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.160
- Medium: steatite
- Fun Fact: A perforated boss at the back allowed the seal to be suspended and easily pressed.
- Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
- Culture: Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Indian Art - Indus Valley
- Accession Number: 1973.160
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