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MAS.779

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Title

Bowl. This is possibly a fragmented handle of an ear cup, which was made of lacquered wood.

Date

100 BCE to 199 CE

Find site

Dunhuang Limes

Measurement

height 7.6 centimetres, width 3 centimetres

Description

Scope and content : Bowl. This is possibly a fragmented handle of an ear cup, which was made of lacquered wood.

Institution

British Museum

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHL.

Stein site number

T.XIV.ii.001

Find site description

Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.

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