Overview
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Wooden pen or style of tamarisk.
Date
200 to 399
Find site
Measurement
height 16.7 centimetres
Language / script
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
Historical information
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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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