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Fragment of a vessel made of grey clay. The outside is decorated with incised lines and circles. Above these, a notched strip of ceramic has been applied.

Title Fragment of a vessel made of grey…

Pressmark MAS.686

Item type vessel
Body sherd of a vessel made of light grey clay. The outside is decorated with alternating groups of straight and groups of wavy lines.

Title Body sherd of a vessel made of…

Pressmark MAS.687

Item type vessel
Body sherd of a vessel made of light grey clay. The outside is decorated with one group of straight and one group of wavy lines, always running parallel to each other.

Title Body sherd of a vessel made of…

Pressmark MAS.688

Item type vessel
Handle of a wheel-thrown vessel made of red clay, covered with a white slip. The handle is set horizontally and decorated with vertical incised lines. It is also pierced vertically, probably to hold a cord.

Title Handle of a wheel-thrown vessel made of…

Pressmark MAS.689
Fragment of a vessel made of coarse grey clay. The decoration consists of parallel incised lines.

Title Fragment of a vessel made of coarse…

Pressmark MAS.690
Fine-toothed wooden comb with a strongly arched top. It is in very good condition and none of the teeth have broken off.

Title Fine-toothed wooden comb with a strongly arched…

Pressmark MAS.691

Item type comb
Disc made of black soapstone. It is rounded except for on two sides and pierced in the middle.

Title Disc made of black soapstone. It is…

Pressmark MAS.692
Small wooden comb with a strongly arched top. Some of the widely spaced and short teeth have broken off.;

Title Small wooden comb with a strongly arched…

Pressmark MAS.694

Item type comb
Lentoid seal made of lignite. One side shows the head of a person wearing an elaborate headdress and facing left, the other side an animal (dragon?) head, also facind left. The seal is pierced horizontally.

Title Lentoid seal made of lignite. One side…

Pressmark MAS.695

Item type seal
Socketed bronze arrowhead with a rounded body.;

Title Socketed bronze arrowhead with a rounded body.;

Pressmark MAS.696

Item type arrow
Fragment of a glass vessel. The glass is yellowish-white and translucent, the outside decorated with hollow-ground circles.

Title Fragment of a glass vessel. The glass…

Pressmark MAS.697

Item type vessel
Wooden beam with a relief carving on one side. The decoration consists of two continuous branches which interlace in regular intervals. The spaces formed have been filled with eight-petalled flowers.

Title Wooden beam with a relief carving on…

Pressmark MAS.698
Fragment of a wooden capital decorated with a carved floral decoration.

Title Fragment of a wooden capital decorated with…

Pressmark MAS.699
Fragment of an open-work architectural panel decorated with a diagonal lattice work and circles at the junction points. Carved in wood.;

Title Fragment of an open-work architectural panel decorated…

Pressmark MAS.700.a
Fragment of an open-work wooden panel decorated with a diagonal lattice work and circles at the junction points.;

Title Fragment of an open-work wooden panel decorated…

Pressmark MAS.700.b
Silver ring with a round bezel on top. The round stone it would have originally contained is now missing.

Title Silver ring with a round bezel on…

Pressmark MAS.701
Wooden finial, probably of a model of a stupa. It consists of fourteen umbrella-shaped sections and ends in two discs intersecting each other at right angles. The object has a hole at the bottom and could be attached to another object. Traces of gilding remain.

Title Wooden finial, probably of a model of…

Pressmark MAS.702

Item type stupa
Wooden block in two pieces. The larger part is occupied by a raised wooden square decorated with an eight-petalled lotus.Three holes in the centre of the lotus contain traces of pins. These were probably used to affix an additional piece to the object.

Title Wooden block in two pieces. The larger…

Pressmark MAS.703
Rectangular beam decorated in relief on one side with four joined roundels enclosing eight-petalled florets, and half florets on the sides. At one end of the beam there are two bands crossing diagonally, and in the triangular spaces are half florets. Carved in wood.;

Title Rectangular beam decorated in relief on one…

Pressmark MAS.704
One half of a rectangular, wooden architectural panel with a four-petalled lotus carved in relief on one side.;

Title One half of a rectangular, wooden architectural…

Pressmark MAS.705.a
One half of a rectangular, wooden architectural panel with a four-petalled lotus carved in relief on one side.;

Title One half of a rectangular, wooden architectural…

Pressmark MAS.705.b
Wooden finial representing Stūpa.

Title Wooden finial representing Stūpa.

Pressmark MAS.706

Item type stupa
Wooden beam carved in relief on one side. The decoration consists of a depiction of scrolling leaves. Two stems run from the centre, where they interlace, to the ends of the beam. From each stem spring three triple leaves. On each side of the interlacement in the centre is a small six-petalled rosette, which is repeated at each end of the beam. Below the floral decoration is a rounded moulding carved with a lozenge pattern.;

Title Wooden beam carved in relief on one…

Pressmark MAS.707
Upright of a wooden balustrade, carved into five balls divided by pairs of sharp-edged rings. The two ends are cut square with a round tenon projecting from each. Assembled together with MAS.708.b-e.;

Title Upright of a wooden balustrade, carved into…

Pressmark MAS.708.a

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