Cleveland Museum of Art

Seal with Two-Horned Bull and Inscription

Date

c. 2000 BCE

Medium

steatite

Culture

Pakistan, Indus Valley civilization

Department

Indian and Southeast Asian Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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. A perforated boss at the back allowed the seal to be suspended and easily pressed.

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