MAS.517
Overview
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Wooden stick with the bark still attached. Both end are bevelled. On one side, four semi-circular grooves are cut in succession. The use of the object is unclear, perhaps it was a tally.
Date
200 to 399
Find site
Measurement
height 18.6 centimetres, width 2.1 centimetres
Description
Scope and content : Wooden stick with the bark still attached. Both end are bevelled. On one side, four semi-circular grooves are cut in succession. The use of the object is unclear, perhaps it was a tally.
Institution
Historical information
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Find site identifier
KarD.
Stein site number
Ka.I.0012
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
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