Collection object "MAS.520" • Vessel made of red clay with a…

Title

Vessel made of red clay with a small ring base, a globular body, a short flared neck, and two handles on the shoulder.;

Date

200 to 399

Find site

Karadong

Measurement

height 26.2 centimetres

Description

Scope and content : Vessel made of red clay with a small ring base, a globular body, a short flared neck, and two handles on the shoulder.;

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

KarD.

Stein site number

Ka.I.0019

Find site description

On the west side of the Keriya river that runs in to the Taklamakan desert northwards. Hedin paid a short visit to the site in 1896 (See 'Through Asia', ii. pp. 816 sq.; 'Reisen in Z.-A., pp. 43 sq.). Stein excavated the remains on 14-17 March 1901 (Stein 1907, pp. 446-452). In the ruins of a quadrangle, which may have been a resting place and inspection point halfway between the Tarim and the main oasis of Khotan, small antiques, coins and pottery fragments were found.

Excavation history : Hedin paid a short visit to the site in 1896 (See 'Through Asia', ii. pp. 816 sq.; 'Reisen in Z.-A., pp. 43 sq.). Stein excavated the remains on 14-17 March 1901 (Stein 1907, pp. 446-452). In the ruins of a quadrangle, which may have been a resting place and inspection point halfway between the Tarim and the main oasis of Khotan, small antiques, coins and pottery fragments were found.

Short description : Karadong - west side of Keriya river

Aurel Stein: A hundred years on (Swift 2014)

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MAS.520

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