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Pressmark 1928,1022.3
Fragment of a reed pen.

Title Fragment of a reed pen.

Pressmark MAS.480
Fragmentary horn comb with an arched top. Most of the teeth have broken off.

Title Fragmentary horn comb with an arched top.…

Pressmark MAS.481
Wooden key with a short handle. Six holes have been drilled into the object. These were originally meant to hold wooden pegs of which no traces remain.

Title Wooden key with a short handle. Six…

Pressmark MAS.482
Fragmentary saucer in the shape of a hedgehog. The remaining part shows the head and the forefeet. The body is decorated with incised lines forming a lozenge-pattern.;

Title Fragmentary saucer in the shape of a…

Pressmark MAS.483
Triangular mould made of stucco. The mould was designed to cast a plaque decorated with the image of a Buddha seated in meditation pose on a lotus throne. His hands are folded in his lap and the head is surrounded by a halo.

Title Triangular mould made of stucco. The mould…

Pressmark MAS.484
Small ring made of several layers of white felt that where sewn together with a coarse thread. It was probably used to steady weights carried on the head.

Title Small ring made of several layers of…

Pressmark MAS.485
Fragmentary wooden comb with a slightly arched top. Some of the teeth have broken off.

Title Fragmentary wooden comb with a slightly arched…

Pressmark MAS.486

Item type comb
Fragment of a wooden sheath. It is made of two hollow pieces of wood that were placed against each other and covered with a strip of leather that was glued together.

Title Fragment of a wooden sheath. It is…

Pressmark MAS.487
Wooden sheath for a dagger. A narrow strip of leather is wound round the sheath and fixed with two thin cords.

Title Wooden sheath for a dagger. A narrow…

Pressmark MAS.488
Wooden spatula ending in a flat oblong bowl. The handle ends in a lozenge

Title Wooden spatula ending in a flat oblong…

Pressmark MAS.489
Fragmentary wooden arrow-shaft. The end for the head is broken, at the other end a groove has been cut.

Title Fragmentary wooden arrow-shaft. The end for the…

Pressmark MAS.490

Item type arrow
Fragmentary wooden bow. This is the upper end of a curved wooden bow with a rounded end and a carved notch which originally held the bowstring. Bark strips have been wound around the bow as a decoration

Title Fragmentary wooden bow. This is the upper…

Pressmark MAS.491
Round lid made of red clay. The top of the lid has a small hole in the middle and is decorated with an incised wheel-pattern. The edge is moulded in the form of a wavy band.

Title Round lid made of red clay. The…

Pressmark MAS.492
Small rectangular seal case made of carved wood. The centre is hollowed out and one groove have been sawn into two opposing sides. It was meant to hold the string which still holds part of the clay sealing in place.

Title Small rectangular seal case made of carved…

Pressmark MAS.493
String sandal. The sole is formed by a think string that was plaited and then coiled flat and bound together. Round the edge of the complete sole is a series of short strings, each of them doubled and twisted to leave two loops at the top. The strings are gathered in two groups around the heel and the toes and through the loops two thick string were pulled which were drawn tight to fasten the shoe firmly. The heal and toe are reinforced by additional bindings of string.

Title String sandal. The sole is formed by…

Pressmark MAS.494
Quilted felt shoe.

Title Quilted felt shoe.

Material felt

Pressmark MAS.495

Item type clothing
Shoe made of brown woolen fabric lined with felt. The uppers are formed by one strip of material and seamed up at the toes. Fabric and lining have been quilted together by parallel rows of stitching. The sole was made of a doubly interwoven hemp and goat's hair string and a felt patch has been applied to both heel and toe. A felt gusset covered with an ornamental stitching joins the edges of the uppers over the toes.

Title Shoe made of brown woolen fabric lined…

Pressmark MAS.496
Shoe made of dark brown woolen fabric and lined with felt. Fabric and felt are quilted together by close-set parallel rows of stitching in dark brown wollen yarn. Above the toe-seam, the edges of the uppers are joined by a felt gusset covered with ornament open-work stitching in dark brown. The opening of the shoe is lined with a dark blue woolen fabric forming a sort of half-boot and pinned at the side of the ankle where it is finished off in a fringe.

Title Shoe made of dark brown woolen fabric…

Pressmark MAS.497
Wooden die. The pips have been painted using ink which is very faded.

Title Wooden die. The pips have been painted…

Pressmark MAS.498
Rectangular seal case made of wood. The centre is hollowed out and one large groove has been sawn into two opposing sides. It was meant to hold the string which kept the seal in place.;

Title Rectangular seal case made of wood. The…

Pressmark MAS.499
Fragment of a wooden writing-slip (?) with a rectangular seal case at one end. The centre of the seal case is hollowed out and one groove, meant to hold the string, has been sawn into two opposing sides. The writing-slip is blank.;

Title Fragment of a wooden writing-slip (?) with…

Pressmark MAS.500
Fine-toothed wooden comb with an arched top. Some of the teeth have broken off.

Title Fine-toothed wooden comb with an arched top.…

Pressmark MAS.501

Item type comb
Wooden knife handle. The handle was split in the middle to hold an iron blade of which only traces remain.

Title Wooden knife handle. The handle was split…

Pressmark MAS.502

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