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Title

Wooden pen or style of tamarisk.

Date

200 to 399

Find site

Niya

Measurement

height 16.7 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : N. xv. 106. Wooden pen or style of tamarisk, split at point. Horn knob, 1⅜" long, at other end, crenellated, fitted with polished conical top which is intended to serve as burnisher. 6⅝" x ¾". See Pl. CV. [AK]

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1900-01

Find site identifier

Niya

Stein site number

N.xv.106

Find site description

The Niya archaeological site is approximately 50 miles north of modern Niya/Minfeng on the southern arm of the old Silk Road.

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