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Stamp seal and modern impression: unicorn and incense burner (?), accession 49.40.1
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2026. The Met Collection (Open Access).
A burnt steatite stamp seal of the Mature Harappan period (about 2600 to 1900 BC), 3.8 by 3.8 cm, with a unicorn, a stand and a line of Indus signs, photographed with a modern impression. Dodge Fund, 1949. The Met gives the Indus Valley as the region and no find-spot.
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A typical inscribed seal with a free, high-resolution photograph.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2026). Stamp seal and modern impression: unicorn and incense burner (?), accession 49.40.1. The Met Collection (Open Access). https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324062
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