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MAS.510

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Title

Wooden key with a long handle. Five holes for the pegs have been drilled into the wood, three of which are missing.;

Date

500 to 599

Find site

Karadong

Measurement

height 30.2 centimetres, width 3.6 centimetres

Description

Scope and content : Wooden key with a long handle. Five holes for the pegs have been drilled into the wood, three of which are missing.;

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

KarD.

Stein site number

Ka.I.001

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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