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Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
c. 2000 BC
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Small stone seals, probably used to identify merchandise or property, are among the most numerous objects surviving from the protohistoric urban sites along the banks of the Indus River system. This example has a bovine creature with one horn and one ear showing in profile, his head held over an altar-like object.
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- Title: Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
- Date Created: c. 2000 BC
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 2.5 x 2.5 cm (1 x 1 in.)
- Provenance: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art by exchange, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Seals
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.104
- Medium: possibly kaolinite
- Fun Fact: Animals are the most popular motifs in the visual culture of the Indus Valley Civilization, shown much more often than human figures or cityscapes.
- 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: 1964.104
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