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vessel
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Measurement
height 3.1 centimetres, width 12.7 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Bottom-sherd of an unglazed vessel made of red clay. Part of the outward sloping wall remains. There are several holes in the bottom of the vessel which seem to have been clear-cut before firing and suggest the use as some kind of sieve.
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Date
undated
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DHL.
Stein site number
T.XLI.i.010
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Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.
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