Collection object "MAS.222" • Clay mould, probably used to make rectangular…

Title

Clay mould, probably used to make rectangular buttons.

Find site

Tamoghil

Measurement

height 4.5 centimetres, width 4.6 centimetres

Institution

British Museum

Date

undated

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

Tam.

Stein site number

Tam.003

Find site description

Near Aksipil approximately 15 miles NE of Khotan town on the southern arm of the Silk Road. Called 'Mazar-oili-Sai' (the sai of the Mazar lands) by locals in Stein's day. Yielded gold leaf, monkeys like those found at Yotkan, and Chinese coins dating to 11th c.

Excavation history : Serindia map no. 27, Innermost Asia map no. 14, A. 2. AK 472-3. S

Short description : Settlement near Khotan.

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MAS.222

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