Overview
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vessel
Date
960 to 1279
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Measurement
height 1.37 centimetres
Language / script
Description
Scope and content : Sherd of vessel, made of grey ceramic material with a white slip, glazed on one side. The glaze used has a pale yellow colour and is decorated with incised lines and small circles in dark brown.
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Historical information
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Find site identifier
AduK.
Stein site number
A.K.028
Find site description
Ruined fort consisting of two walled enclosures, one within the other, but not concentrically placed (see plan). The walls of both are built with stamped clay, those of the inner enclosure being about 20 feet thick and those of the outer about 12 feet. The inner encloses an area of about 83 yards square, while the outer forms a quadrangal measuring about 220 years from east to west and about 180 yards across. No structural remains could be traced within either enclosure. Pottery shards found inside and outside, including many pieces of good glazed wares, probably dating to 10th-11th centuries. Five Chinese copper coins were found on ground close to the outer wall on the east. Four are 'Kaiyuan', common coins of Tang period China (618-907), and the fifth is dated to reign period, Xianping (998-1004). Stein concludes that it was a place of refuge or halt of caravans moving along the Etsin-gol route. Kharakhota is about 10 miles to the southeast.
Excavation history : IA map 45
Short description : Ruined fort 10 miles west of Kharakhota.
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