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Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
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Seal with Unicorn and Inscription

c. 2000 BCE · possibly kaolin

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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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineSeal with Unicorn and Inscription, c. 2000 BCE. Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization. Possibly kaolin; overall: 2.5 x 2.5 cm (1 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1964.104
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