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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

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T. xLI. b. 04, 05. Frs. of wood. Three chips. 3i" x I" x i" largest.

T. xu. b. 06, 07. Frs. of leather ; thin. Holes of sewing on 07. Gr. 5" x

T. xLI. b. 08. Fr. of pottery ; part of foot of bowl similar to T. xLIII. 1. 04, but bright buff. 11" x i" x I".

T. xLI. b. og. Fr. of pottery ; from wall of vessel ; grey, faintly string-marked. Fine texture. 2" x I i" x 1".

T. xLI. b. ow. Fr. of pottery ; part of rim similar to T. xLI. c. 03. Much weathered. ` Rivet '-hole near one end.

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T. xu. b. ou. Fr. of pottery ; from wall of vessel ; string-marked ; similar to T. xLI. a. 04. 2?" x 21" x $".

T. xLI. b. 012. Fr. of pottery ; from wall of vessel ; grey ; string-marked. I i" x I" x

T. xLI. b. 013. Fr. of pottery ; from wall of vessel ; faceted similar to T. XLI. c. 03. If" x I $" x 3-1".

T. xLI. b. 014-17. Frs. of pottery ; of vessel similar to T. XLIII. b. 02. 014, 015, 017, parts of slightly out-turned thickened rim. Body dense grey-buff. Glazed inside and out with thin dark greyish-brown-mottled glaze. o16, part of wall, same glaze ; but inside only about half covered, leaving remainder unglazed. Gr. fr. 1 f" x 16" x $".

T. xLI. b. 018. Fr. of textile ; loosely woven coarse woollen twill. Discoloured to dark brown. 31" x 41".

T. xLI. c. 01. Fr. of pottery ; similar quality to T. XLI. c. 03. Lower part of same vessel (?), showing faceted

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sides running to base, which is without foot. ` Rivet '-holes drilled near each of the three broken edges and another through bottom at broken edge. 31" x 4" x i" (nearly). Pl. XLVIII.

T. xLI. c. 02. Fr. of pottery ; thickened rounded rim, of common red ware. 2i" x I" x }" (at rim).

T. xLI. c. 03. Fr. of pottery ; from upper part of vessel. Fine grey body ; well burnt and uniform in colour throughout. Rim overhangs boldly, the upper surface" and of soft cyn:a recta curve, laid nearly horizontally ; the under-surface, simple hollow running slightly into general surface of side. From rim, side falls nearly straight for about Ii" with a faint band of two or three incised lines. Below this it turns slightly under, and is cut into irreg. flat facets forming a kind of flat fluting, each ` flute ' having a round top. (Cf. Ser. iv. Pl. XXXVI, E. Fort. oor ; fr. of glass.) Near top a hole drilled through. Traces of thin slip or glaze. 4i" x 4}" x i". Pl. XLVIII.

T. xLI. c. 04. Fr. of pottery ; from lower part of thick vessel ; of well-washed clay, dark grey throughout. Flat bottom, no foot. Large hole through bottom made before firing. Small ` rivet '-hole near junction of two broken edges of side. 41" x 21" x f".

T. xLI. e. oI. Rope. Two pieces, made of hemp (?). 4" x ïg .

T. xLI. e. 02. Wooden spindle, broken ; for length of 31", a regular cylinder, the remainder the same shape but thicker. An abrupt shoulder at junction of two parts. 6f" x i" (nearly) to f". PI. XLVII.

OBJECTS EXCAVA'T'ED AT WATCH-TOWER T. XLI. F

T. xLI. f. 01. Fr. of wooden tablet ; thin rectangular piece of conifer wood, broken at one long edge through small hole drilled near one end. 4f" x ri" x 6".

T. XLI. f. 02, 04-II, 013, 023, 024. Frs. of wooden slips, of various sizes, blank or effaced. Largest 91" x

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T. XLI. f. 03. Fr. of wood ; irregular rectangle ; close grained and hard, resembling that of which ancient combs are made. Shape such as might have been ` roughed out ' for a comb, but with irregular indentation at one end. Sides rough. 41" x 21" xis"•

T. xLI. f. 012. Fr. of cord, of vegetable fibre tied into knots. 7" x g'.

T. xLI. f. o18. Fr. of cotton canvas. Length 4". T. xLI. f. oig. Fr. of silk waste.

T. xLI. f. 020, 021. Frs. of pottery. ozo. Very fine texture, pale red ; partially glazed on both sides but glaze perished. I i" x I" x A". 021. Coarser ware ; part of rim, prismatic section. Red surface, grey inside. 2" x I" 1} x i"

T. xLI. f. 022. Fr. of iron ; rough, very oxydized cast iron. 21" x 11" x 37s"

T. xLI. f. o23. Iron nail ; flat, with wide-spreading head. I16" x i" (head) x l6".

T. xLI. f. 024. Fr. of iron bar ; square section. 11" x 1". T. xLI. f. 025. Bronze ball. Diam. A".

T. xLI. f. 026. Frs. of two green glass beads. 07 irregular, pale. i" x f' x 1". 09 annular, darker green ; chipped. Diam.", thickness i".

T. xLI. f. 027. Bronze wire ring ; split. Diam.

OBJECTS FOUND AT RUINED STRUCTURES T. XLI. G