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MAS.237

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Title

Fragment of a handle made of grey clay with a very worn greenish-brown glaze. The fragment is one of the end parts of a handle. It is flat, heart-shaped and stamped. The stamped design is difficult to make out, but it is most likely a palmette-design.

Date

300 to 699

Find site

Akterek

Measurement

depth 2.3 centimetres, height 4.8 centimetres, width 3.3 centimetres

Description

Scope and content : Fragment of a handle made of grey clay with a very worn greenish-brown glaze. The fragment is one of the end parts of a handle. It is flat, heart-shaped and stamped. The stamped design is difficult to make out, but it is most likely a palmette-design.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

Akt.

Stein site number

A.T.003

Find site description

Site in the area of Yurung-kash, 15-20 miles ENE of Khotan on the southern arm of the Silk Road. (Stein 1921: map no. 27, A. 4). Stein found the ruins of a temple and Buddhist shrine. Objects included various stucco and relievo fragments that had been partly preserved by a fire.

Excavation history : Stein excavated here between 18 Sept. and 22 Sept. 1906 (see Stein 1921: 133-153).

Short description : Aktarek: in the area of Yurung-kash

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