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Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription
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Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription

c. 2000 BCE · steatite

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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.

Cleveland Museum of Art’s own description
Credit lineSeal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription, c. 2000 BCE. Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization. Steatite; overall: 3.2 x 3.2 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1973.160
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