Image: Lynn Fawcett
Image: Lynn Fawcett

In this symbol, the contour of an area is combined with an area of land to give us an ideograph for a piece of land that does not have clearly defined boundaries. It is the noun pasture.


Illustrative Text Reference:

Mohenjo-daro: Seal: M-314 a:  Jagat Pati Joshi and Asko Parpola, 1987: Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions: Volume 1: Page 78: Collections in India: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia.

Comment:

There is only one extant example of this Indus sign.


Image Credit:

Pasture: Lynn Fawcett, 2018.