Evidences from Sanchi torana, Girsu copperplated flagpost, Jasper cylinder seal from ANE and torcs worn on the antlers of the seated boatman on the Pillar of Boatmen, Paris are presented and messages translated as Meluhha expressions related to metalwork catalogues of the Tin-Bronze Revolution. This monograph suggests that the rod and ring are Indus Script hypertexts to signify wealth accounting ledgers, metalwork catalogues. Mary Abram's is one view of the significance of metaphors of rod and ring. "A New Look at the Mesopotamian Rod and Ring: Emblems of Time and Eternity." Studia Antiqua 10, no. Together, they are emblems of time and eternity. Te conjoined rod and ring signify the power to create, maintain, and end life. Te ring represents the eternal aspect of life, a concept familiar to Mesopotamians as indicated by the story of eternal life bestowed by deity upon the mortal Utnapishtim. "The rod represents the temporal measurement of life that begins and ends.
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