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Sec. viii]   LIST OF ANTIQUES EXCA VATED AT NIYA SITE   409

N. xv. 331. Wedge under-tablet ; hole near point. Obv.

3 11. Khar., very cursive, thin, black, and clear ; initial form. Rev. i I. from sq. end. xo" x z". Hard and well-preserved. Found I ft. above floor.

N. xv. 332. Wedge under-tablet ; hole near point. Obv.

4 11. Khar., very cursive. Rev. x 1. Khar. xo "x 2-116°. Hard and well-preserved. Found xi ft. above floor.

N. xv. 333. Document on leather ; complete. Obv. 8 11. Khar., very cursive, generally clear. 11. at lower edge, very deleted, appears to read reverse way of other text. Rev. blank. 68" x 3". Well-preserved. Found 8 in. above floor. See Pl. XCII.

N. xv. 334. Rectang. cov.-tablet. Obv. Seal (see PI. LXXII) i" x t ". Device appar. Khar. characters. 2 11. Khar. transversely at L. p. edge ; cursive, part deleted. Only two string-grooves. Rev. 7 II. Khar., cursive, black, deleted in places. z" X 4 " x $". Well-preserved, but has been purposely damaged by knife or chisel cuts. Found 21 ft. above floor. See Pl. XCV.

N. xv. 335. Oblong tablet, fragment ; 2 notches on one long edge. Obv. 2 11. Khar., very cursive. Rev. 2 11. Khar., very cursive. 4" x I". Soft. Found 2 ft. above floor.

N. xv. 335. Document on leather ; fragment. Obv. 5 11. Khar., perfect; black and well-written. Rev. blank. 3i" x 'in Much stained and perished. Found 3 ft. above floor.

N. xv. 337. Slip of wood, Chinese char. ; fragment. 4$" x -A". Well-preserved. Found 3 ft. above floor. See PI. CXII.

N. xv. 338. Rectang. cov.-tablet ; seal cay. 11" x x â". Obv. On L. p. transversely 2 II. Khar., cursive, very faint. On R. p. transversely r 1. Khar., cursive, very faint. Rev. blank. 6h" x 41" x Ir. Wood hard and heavy. Found 3 ft. above floor.

N. xv. 339. Slip of wood, Chinese char.; fragment. xi" x i". Perfectly preserved. Found 3 ft. above floor. See Pl. CXIII.

N. xv. 34o. Wedge under-tablet, broken at point and upper edge. Obv. 2 11. Khar., cursive, clear, fragmentary ; initial form. Rev. blank. 8" x xi". Hard and well-preserved. Found 3 ft. above floor.

N. xv. 342. Oblong tablet ; rounded at ends. Obv. 2 II.

Khar., cursive, clear.   Rev. 2 11. Khar., cursive, clear.
7" x Is". Well-preserved. Found 3 ft. above floor.

N. xv. 343. Rectang. cov.-tablet. Obv. Seal cay. x" sq., 2 11. Khar., transversely at L. p., well-written, clear; x 1. Khar. transversely at R. p. Rev. to 11. Khar., small, well-written, but portions deleted through perishing of wood. 5Ç" x 3 x r. Wood rather soft, encrusted with sand in places. Found 2 ft. above floor.

N. xv. 344. Rectang. cov.-tablet. Obv. Seal cay. I" x I r ". At L. p. edge transversely z il. Khar., very cur-

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sive. At R. p. transversely 2 columns of 4 11. each. Rev. N. xv. 11. at top, and below, 3 columns of 6, 5, and 4 11., respec-

tively. All very cursive.   x z$" x r. Well-preserved.
Found z ft. above floor.

N. xv. 345. Rectang. cov.-tablet. Obv. Seal cay. H." x I". To L. p. Chinese characters ; faded. Rev. blank. Centre portion is raised, leaving a lower margin all round of ig" to T". This raised portion has the appearance of having been cut to fit a corresponding opening in under-tablet (in a box of which this may have been the lid). 3r x I " x i". Wood hard and well-preserved. Found 3 ft. above floor. See Pl. CV, CXIV.

N. xv. 346. Document on leather, prob. complete. Obv. 6 II. Khar., very cursive, but black and fairly clear. Rev. r 1. Khar., faded. 8*" x z$". Discoloured, broken in places and part perished. Found xl ft. above floor.

N. xv. 347. Wedge under-tablet ; broken at point and part of upper edge. Obv. 4 11. Khar., very cursive, with initial form. ; incomplete. Rev. blank. 8g" x x19-6". Hard, encrusted with sand. Found z ft. above floor.

N. xv. 348. Slip of wood, Chinese char. ; fragment. 6k" xi". Perfectly preserved. Found xi ft. above floor. See Pl. CXII.

N. xv. 349. Slip of wood, Chinese char.; fragment. 3" x I". Fairly preserved. Ink faded in places, but where this has happened, the char. remain in relief, the ink having served to preserve the wood it covered. Found 31- ft. above floor. See Pl. CXII.

N. xv. 350. Document on leather ; almost perfect. Obv. x 111. Khar., cursive, well-written, black. End of ll. 3 and 4 deleted, also end of 9th 1. Rev. blank. 6r 41". Fairly well-preserved, but discoloured. Found zi ft. above floor.

N. xv. 351. Slip of wood, Chinese char. ; fragment. 3r x iv. Soft. Found 3 ft. above floor. See Pl. CXIV.

N. xv. 352. Wedge under-tablet, fragment ; hole at point. Obv. 3 11. Khar., cursive and only partly legible. Rev. blank. 4f" x I ". Wood perished and encrusted with sand. Found 3 ft. above floor.

N. xv. 353. Slip of wood, Chinese char.; complete. 9" x -". Hard and well-preserved. Found 3 ft. above floor. See Pl. CXII.

N. xv. 354. Rectang. tablet, fragment ; hole at one end. Obv. 2 11. Khar., very cursive. Rev. blank. z-i-V x I é ". Cut from longer tablet. Wood soft. Found zi ft. above floor.

N. xv. 355. Rectang. under-tablet. Obv. 8 11. Khar., well-written but faint, and in some parts obliterated by dried clay and stains. Rev. blank. 61" x 2r. Hard. Found z ft. above floor.

N. xv. 356. Wedge cov.-tablet ; hole at point. Obv. Seal cay. xi" x I". 11. Khar. between sq. end and cay., black. Char. xi" from hole. Rev.. blank. xo"x

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