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seal
Date
199 BCE to 199 CE
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Measurement
height 2.2 centimetres, width 1.8 centimetres
Language / script
Description
Scope and content : Seal (?) made of horn. This is a small object with a handle on the top which has been pierced for suspension. The shape is that of a typical Chinese seal but the fact that the underside is completely flat and smooth suggests that it had not been personalized yet.
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Historical information
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DHL.
Stein site number
T.XLIII.k.049
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Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.
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