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Sutra wrapper.
Date
700 to 899
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Measurement
depth 75.5 centimetres, width 35 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Ch. xlviii. 001. Silk MS.-roll cover, complete. Body made of rectang. piece of plain pink silk, backed with coarse paper, and stiffened with wooden strainer at each end. All round a 2″ border of thick figured silk, and at one end are attached three broad bands of same—one in middle projecting c. 8″ beyond edge of cover, and one at each side of it converging to meet the first near its outer end. To either end of middle band are sewn tapes of coarse linen for tying up cover when rolled round manuscript.
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DHMG.
Stein site number
Ch.xlviii.001
Find site description
Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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