Overview
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Terracotta lion mask.
Date
699
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Measurement
height 5.4 centimetres, width 5.8 centimetres
Material
Language / script
Description
Scope and content : Yo. 0025. i. Terra-cotta appliqué lion mask in high relief. Features well represented but without detail. Eyes deep-set; heavy roll of flesh over mouth (not rendered as hair). Corners of mouth pierced right through. A little incised hair below ears. H. 2″. Pl. II. [Ser]
Institution
Historical information
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Find site identifier
Yot.
Stein site number
Yo.0025.i
Find site description
Yotkan is the site of the ancient capital of Khotan, 5 miles to the west of the present-day Khotan town, on the southern arm of the Silk Road. (Serindia map no. 20, D. 4). Apart from many small terracottas and other artefacts acquired at the site of Yotkan itself, Stein bought other items from people in Khotan and elsewhere. He gave a different site id. to each of these to distinguish their provenance. On his first expedition he used the prefix Y. for this site and Yo. on his second expedition.
Short description : Yotkan is the site of the ancient capital of Khotan
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