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MAS.152

cornelian

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Title

Cornelian bead.

Date

200 to 599

Find site

Yotkan

Measurement

height 1 centimetres

Material

cornelian

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : Yo. 00125. Round bead of red-yellow cornelian, orn. with design of circles, etc., in white. Cf. also Khotan, 02. q, r. Diam. ½″ ; h. ⅜″. Pl. IV. [Ser]

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

Yot.

Stein site number

Yo.00125

Find site description

Yotkan is the site of the ancient capital of Khotan, 5 miles to the west of the present-day Khotan town, on the southern arm of the Silk Road. (Serindia map no. 20, D. 4). Apart from many small terracottas and other artefacts acquired at the site of Yotkan itself, Stein bought other items from people in Khotan and elsewhere. He gave a different site id. to each of these to distinguish their provenance. On his first expedition he used the prefix Y. for this site and Yo. on his second expedition.

Short description : Yotkan is the site of the ancient capital of Khotan

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