The "sacrifice seal" from Moenjo-daro

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28433765@N07/3231801046/in/set-72157613010189937/
(downloaded May 2009)


The "sacrifice seal" from Moenjo-daro; more information: *harappa.com*

Source: http://www.harappa.com/indus/34.html
(downloaded Sept. 2006)

"Seal depicting a deity with horned headdress and bangles on both arms, standing in a pipal (sacred fig) tree and looking down on a kneeling worshiper. A human head rests on a small stool. A giant ram and seven figures in procession complete the narrative. The figures wear a single plumed headdress, bangles on both arms and long skirts.

Several script signs are interspersed with the figures along the top of the seal and a single sign is placed at the base of the tree. This scene may represent a special ritual sacrifice to a deity with seven figures in procession. The seal has a grooved and perforated boss and the edges are worn and rounded from repeated use.

Material: fired tan steatite with traces of glaze
Dimensions: 4.06 x 3.95 cm, 0.8 cm thickness.
Mohenjo-daro DK 6847
Islamabad Museum, NMP 50.295
Mackay 1938: pl. XCIV, 430; pl. XCIX, 686a."




A closer look at the apparent human head on a stool

Source: http://www.safarmer.com/indus/Harvard2004.pdf
(downloaded Sept. 2008)

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