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Seal with Unicorn and Inscription, c. 2000 BC. steatite, Overall: 3.5 x 3.6 cm (1 3/8 x 1 7/16 in.). Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1973.161. CC0.
Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
c. 2000 BC
Maker Unknown
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Seal with Unicorn and Inscription, c. 2000 BC. Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization. Steatite; overall: 3.5 x 3.6 cm (1 3/8 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1973.161 Indus Valley seals appear to have been hung on a string that passed through a boss on the reverse side. This animal, carved with detailed markings around his neck and forequarters, has his head positioned over an object on a stand that may be interpreted as an altar or brazier or censer; it is not known whether it is for offerings to or sacrifice of the animal. Specialists disagree as to whether single-horned bovines actually lived during the time of the Indus Valley Civilization, four thousand years ago.