Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription
Unknown Artist
c. 2000 BCE
Medium
steatite
Dimensions
3.2 × 3.2 cm
Classification
Seals
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1973.160
About this artwork
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.