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Symbols | Pictorial meaning | Symbolic meaning | Syllabic value | Sumerian | Anatolian | Dravidian | Sanskrit |
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| king[1]; star, god | ra[2] | (AN, “heaven; deity”) | *vēḷ (“king, god”) | राजन् (rā́jan, “king”) देव (devá, “god”) | ||
|
harrow[3]; hand | y[2] | (ŠU, “hand”) | 𔑁 (“hand”) | *key (“hand”) | हस्त (hásta, “hand”) | |
| bow | dha[2] | (SAL, “be thin”) | 𔔲 (PAHA, “to keep, hide, conceal”) | [Term?] | धनुस् (dhánus, “bow”) | |
| fish[1] | fish, star[1] | ma₁[2] | (KU₆, “fish”) | 𔒥 (“fish”) | *mīn | mátsya → मीन (mīna) |
| crab[1] | ash[2] | Sum. 𒀠𒈜 (AL.LUB, AL.LU₅, “crab”) |
[Term?] | कर्क (karká) | ||
| man[1][3] | man, servant[1] | a₁[2] | Sum. 𒇽 (LU₂); 𒍝 (ZA) | 𔕠 (zí, “man”) | *āḷ, *āṇ | मर्त्य (mártya) नृ (nṛ́) पुंस् (púṃś) |
|
ear of wheat | grain, barley | rya[2] | (ŠE, “grain, barley”) | 𔓎 (hwi-x, “barley”) | गोधुम (godhuma) | |
| reed | (GI, “reed”) | नद (nadá) | ||||
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(head of) cow[1] | possessive suffix[1] | an[2] | (AB₂, “cow”)} | 𔑺, 𔑻 (u /wawa/i-/, “cow”) | *ā (“cow”) *-ā (possessive case suffix) |
गो (gó, gáu) |
(GU₄, “cattle”) | पशु (páśu, “cattle”) | ||||||
jar[3] | priest[3] | कुम्भ (kumbhá, “jar, pitcher”) | |||||
| fig-tree[1] | Akk. 𒈠 (MA, PÈŠ /tittu/, “fig (tree)”) | पिप्पल (pippala, “the sacred fig tree”) | ||||
| plough | she[2] | (APIN, “plough”) | [Term?] | [Term?] | ||
| bi[2] | (GAL, “great”) | |||||
| mat | nu[2] | (KID, “mat”) | ||||
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bearer[3] (water) | officer, functionary[3] | yama[2] | ||||
| money | (KU₃, “money”) |
ID | Inscription | Parpola | Sullivan |
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H99-4064/8796-01 | | ||
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References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Parpola, Asko (1994) Deciphering the Indus script, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Sullivan, S. M. (2011) Indus Script Dictionary, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Mahadevan, Iravatham (1977) Indus Script: Text, Concordance, and Tables (Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India; 77), New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India