User:Victar/Indus script

Symbols Pictorial meaning Symbolic meaning Syllabic value Sumerian Anatolian Dravidian Sanskrit
       king[1]; star, god ra[2] (AN, heaven; deity) *vēḷ (king, god) राजन् (rā́jan, king)
देव (devá, god)
           
           
harrow[3]; hand y[2] (ŠU, hand) 𔑁 (hand) *key (hand) हस्त (hásta, hand)
       bow dha[2] (SAL, be thin) 𔔲 (PAHA, to keep, hide, conceal) [Term?] धनुस् (dhánus, bow)
       fish[1] fish, star[1] ma₁[2] (KU₆, fish) 𔒥 (fish) *mīn mátsya
मीन (mīna)
              crab[1] ash[2] Sum. 𒀠𒈜 (AL.LUB, AL.LU₅, crab)
[Term?] कर्क (karká)
      man[1][3] man, servant[1] a₁[2] Sum. 𒇽 (LU₂); 𒍝 (ZA) 𔕠 (, man) *āḷ, *āṇ मर्त्य (mártya)
नृ (nṛ́)
पुंस् (púṃś)
              
              
          
ear of wheat grain, barley rya[2] (ŠE, grain, barley) 𔓎 (hwi-x, barley) गोधुम (godhuma)
          reed (GI, reed) नद (nadá)
              
        
(head of) cow[1] possessive suffix[1] an[2] (AB₂, cow)} 𔑺, 𔑻 (u /⁠wawa/i-⁠/, cow) (cow)
*-ā (possessive case suffix)
गो (gó, gáu)
(GU₄, cattle) पशु (páśu, cattle)
jar[3] priest[3] कुम्भ (kumbhá, jar, pitcher)
         fig-tree[1] Akk. 𒈠 (MA, PÈŠ /⁠tittu⁠/, fig (tree)) पिप्पल (pippala, the sacred fig tree)
           plough she[2] (APIN, plough) [Term?] [Term?]
           bi[2] (GAL, great)
                   mat nu[2] (KID, mat)
         
         
bearer[3] (water) officer, functionary[3] yama[2]
      money (KU₃, money)
ID Inscription Parpola Sullivan
H99-4064/8796-01 
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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Parpola, Asko (1994) Deciphering the Indus script, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Sullivan, S. M. (2011) Indus Script Dictionary, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Mahadevan, Iravatham (1977) Indus Script: Text, Concordance, and Tables (Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of India; 77), New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India