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Wooden stupa. The originally round shape of the block of wood used to produce this object can still be seen at the base. However, the main part of the stupa is rectangular and above it rises a circular drum surmounted by a rounded dome. The four sides of the rectangular part still bear traces of a painted decoration consisting of a quatrefoil. A hole is drilled vertically through the centre.

Title Wooden stupa. The originally round shape of…

Pressmark MAS.527
Object made of lacquered wood, probably a spindle-whorl. The round object is pierced and flat on one side. Since the wood is cracked, the decoration is fragmentary but still visible. A ground coat of yellow paint was first applied and then divided by red radial lines. Between these, five-petalled flowers have been painted on a dark ground.

Title Object made of lacquered wood, probably a…

Pressmark MAS.548
Kharosthi double-wedge tablet with seal

Title Kharosthi double-wedge tablet with seal

Material ink on wood

Pressmark Or.8211/1617

Item type wood tablet, rectangular
Photo 392/27(89)

Pressmark Photo 392/27(89)

Item type printing-out paper
Beginning of the desert near the entrance to Niya site, 10 November 2011.

Title Beginning of the desert near the entrance…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(110)

Item type digital photograph
Entrance to Niya with tamarisk, 10 November 2011.

Title Entrance to Niya with tamarisk, 10 November…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(121)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, stupa from tamarisk cone to northwest, 10 November 2011.

Title Niya, stupa from tamarisk cone to northwest,…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(187)

Item type digital photograph
IDP Field Trip:Setting up Niya camp, 10 November 2011.

Title IDP Field Trip:Setting up Niya camp, 10…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(190)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, group at N.XVII. (uncertain identification). Hu Xinjiang and Rachel Roberts in foreground. Background, left to right, Vic Swift, Susan Whitfield, Matkasim Tomur, Kaysar Mahmut and Anwar Abulkasim, 11 November 2011.

Title Niya, group at N.XVII. (uncertain identification). Hu…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(224)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, Rachel Roberts and Susan Whitfield filming at 93A4, 11 November 2012

Title Niya, Rachel Roberts and Susan Whitfield filming…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(228)

Item type digital photograph
IDP Field Trip: Niya camp at sunset, 11 November 2011.

Title IDP Field Trip: Niya camp at sunset,…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(269)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, N.VIII., from the southeast, 12 November 2011.

Title Niya, N.VIII., from the southeast, 12 November…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(287)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, structures marked on Stein's plan as 'houses deep in the sand' to northeast of N.VIII., looking northwest, 12 November 2011.

Title Niya, structures marked on Stein's plan as…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(306)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, N.XXIV, standing posts and beams on south wall of room iv., looking northwest, 12 November 2011.

Title Niya, N.XXIV, standing posts and beams on…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(344)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, rooms on northeast side of N.II., looking northeast, 13 November 2011.

Title Niya, rooms on northeast side of N.II.,…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(384)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, dead toghrak (black poplar) at N.I., 13 November 2011.

Title Niya, dead toghrak (black poplar) at N.I.,…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(403)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, Idris Abdurusul bagging textile fragments at looted grave 05__, 13 November 2011.

Title Niya, Idris Abdurusul bagging textile fragments at…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(433)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, Matkasim Tomur examining human skull at looted grave 05__, Rachel Roberts filming, 13 November 2011.

Title Niya, Matkasim Tomur examining human skull at…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(436)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, 93A28__, detail of base of woven wall with wooden posts, 14 November 2011.

Title Niya, 93A28__, detail of base of woven…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(491)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, toghrak (black poplar) tree near 93A28__., 14 November 2011.

Title Niya, toghrak (black poplar) tree near 93A28__.,…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/1(511)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, stupa, from the southeast, 10 November 2011.

Title Niya, stupa, from the southeast, 10 November…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/2(60)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, stupa, detail of western side, 10 November 2011.

Title Niya, stupa, detail of western side, 10…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/2(64)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, N.VIII., Hu Xingjun with wooden board, 12 November 2011.

Title Niya, N.VIII., Hu Xingjun with wooden board,…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/2(165)

Item type digital photograph
Niya, N.III., looking south with Idris Abdurusul, 10 November 2011.

Title Niya, N.III., looking south with Idris Abdurusul,…

Material digital photograph

Pressmark Photo 1235/3(7)

Item type digital photograph

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