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Sieve for clearing milk.
Date
200 to 299
Find site
Measurement
width 24.5 centimetres
Material
Language / script
Description
Scope and content : N. XII. 0018. Sieve (Sapi) for clearing milk. Circumference made of withies bound with string, and covered with yellow felt sewn. Centre covered with network of coarse vegetable fibre, yellow and brown. This broken away in parts. Diam. 9¾″. Pl. XXVIII. [Ser.]
Institution
Historical information
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Find site identifier
Niya
Stein site number
N.XII.0018
Find site description
The Niya archaeological site is approximately 50 miles north of modern Niya/Minfeng on the southern arm of the old Silk Road.
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