Collection object "Or.8211/940" • Wooden gift tag accompanying a gift of…

Title

Wooden gift tag accompanying a gift of jade.

Date

100 to 299

Find site

Niya

Measurement

height 6.9 centimetres, width 1.1 centimetres

Material

ink on wood

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Description

Scope and content : One of several wooden tags, discovered buried in sand in the hallway of a large ruined house, used to label gifts of jade presented to the royal family of the kingdom of Jingjue or Cadota in the southern Taklamakan Desert. The front gives details of the gift: ‘The King's Mother respectfully present this jade with her greetings’. The back gives the name of the recipient: 'The king'. No jade was found at the long-deserted site: the slips had survived protected by the desert sands.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

Niya

Stein site number

N.XIV.iii.4.

Find site description

The Niya archaeological site is approximately 50 miles north of modern Niya/Minfeng on the southern arm of the old Silk Road.

Chavannes, E.L'instruction d'un futur empereur de Chine en l'an 1193Mémoires concernant l'Asie Orientale116-641913astronomy

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Or.8211/940