Seal with Unicorn and Inscription
Unknown Artist
c. 2000 BCE
Medium
possibly kaolin
Dimensions
2.5 × 2.5 cm
Classification
Seals
Department
Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1964.104
About this artwork
Small stone seals, probably used to identify merchandise or property, are among the most numerous objects surviving from the protohistoric urban sites along the banks of the Indus River system. This example has a bovine creature with one horn and one ear showing in profile, his head held over an altar-like object.