Stamp seal and modern impression: unicorn and incense burner (?), Mature Harappan, ca. 2600–1900 B.C., Indus Valley, Indus, Burnt steatite, 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 3/8 in. (3.8 x 3.8 x 1 cm), Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed, Stamp seals were used in antiquity as marks of ownership and badges of status. In the large urban centers of the Harappan civilization, hundreds of square-shaped stamp seals were found in excavations. They are engraved with images of wild or domestic animals, humans, fantastic creatures, and possibly divinities
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Stamp seal, modern impression, unicorn, incense burner, Mature Harappan, ca, 2600–1900 B.C, Indus Valley, Indus, Burnt steatite, 1 1/2 x 1 3/8, 3.8 3.8 cm, Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed, seals, antiquity, marks, ownership, badges, status, large urban, centers, Harappan civilization, hundreds, square-shaped stamp, seals, excavations, engraved, images, wild, domestic animals, humans, fantastic creatures, divinities
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