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ink on silk

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Title

manuscript

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Dunhuang Limes

Measurement

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Material

ink on silk

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Institution

British Library

Date

undated

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHL.

Stein site number

T.XV.a.i.3

Find site description

Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.

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