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MAS.511.a

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Title

Wooden lock. This is the tumbler block of a lock with four holes in total, drilled in two lines of two. For the second part of the lock see MAS.511b.

Date

200 to 399

Find site

Karadong

Measurement

height 11.6 centimetres, width 4 centimetres

Description

Scope and content : Wooden lock. This is the tumbler block of a lock with four holes in total, drilled in two lines of two. For the second part of the lock see MAS.511b.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

KarD.

Stein site number

Ka.I.002.a

Find site description

On the west side of the Keriya river that runs in to the Taklamakan desert northwards. Hedin paid a short visit to the site in 1896 (See 'Through Asia', ii. pp. 816 sq.; 'Reisen in Z.-A., pp. 43 sq.). Stein excavated the remains on 14-17 March 1901 (Stein 1907, pp. 446-452). In the ruins of a quadrangle, which may have been a resting place and inspection point halfway between the Tarim and the main oasis of Khotan, small antiques, coins and pottery fragments were found.

Excavation history : Hedin paid a short visit to the site in 1896 (See 'Through Asia', ii. pp. 816 sq.; 'Reisen in Z.-A., pp. 43 sq.). Stein excavated the remains on 14-17 March 1901 (Stein 1907, pp. 446-452). In the ruins of a quadrangle, which may have been a resting place and inspection point halfway between the Tarim and the main oasis of Khotan, small antiques, coins and pottery fragments were found.

Short description : Karadong - west side of Keriya river

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