# The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2026: Stamp seal and modern impression: unicorn and incense burner (?), accession 49.40.1

> The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2026. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. A typical inscribed seal with a free, high-resolution photograph.

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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.

**Indus script** Web pageCopy of **[Inscribed stamp seal with unicorn (Met 49.40.1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/indus-script/artifacts/ART0CWY3ST07234/inscribed-stamp-seal-with-unicorn-met-49-40-1)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

A typical inscribed seal with a free, high-resolution photograph.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Inscribed stamp seal with unicorn (Met 49.40.1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/indus-script/artifacts/ART0CWY3ST07234/inscribed-stamp-seal-with-unicorn-met-49-40-1)

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[Inscribed stamp seal with unicorn (Met 49.40.1): photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/indus-script/copies/CPY0CWY3T1T6BEK/inscribed-stamp-seal-with-unicorn-met-49-40-1-photo)

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## Cite it

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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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[Read it free at metmuseum.org](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324062)

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**SRC** 0CWY3A603Y9P

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