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vessel
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Measurement
height 4.7 centimetres, width 3.8 centimetres
Language / script
Description
Scope and content : Sherd of a vessel made of fine bright red clay. The surface has been covered with a dark slip, the outside was decorated with impressions of strings or a coarse cloth.
Institution
Date
undated
Historical information
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DHL.
Stein site number
T.XLIII.g.02
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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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