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0322 Serindia : vol.1
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254   THE NIYA SITE   [Chap. VI

length of teeth i" ; width 4" ; thickness Ii"; four teeth to I". Pl. XXVIII.

N. xxu. i. 002. Wooden doll. Face broken away. Head, raised arms, and body to hips cut out of one fiat piece of wood ; legs were made separately and hinged in sockets. Dressed in light brown silk with red silk sash. To train of skirt are sewn a patch of buff and a patch of purple silk. H. 3 ".

N. xxu. ii. 1. Oblong tablet. Hole with string in corner. Obv. blank. Rev. three columns Khar. of 5, 6, and 4 11. Good condition. 7i" I$"xâ". PI. XXVI.

N. xzn. H. 2. Oblong tablet, one end rounded. Blank. 5*" X r r.

N. xxu. iii. I. a-b. Double-wedge tablet. Opened. Cov.-tablet : Obv. Ir from sq. end seal cay.; one 1. Khar. each side of cay. and usual character by hole. Part near hole split away. Rev. four II. Khar.

Under-tablet : Obv. four 11. Khar. Rev. traces of writing by sq. end. Hard and well preserved. 8 " x 14" x -" to r.

N. xxu. Hi. 2. Wedge cov.-tablet, with empty seal

cay. I" X IS".   Obv. to R. of seal cay. one 1. Khar.,
much encrusted. Rev. one 1. Khar., clear. Hard and well preserved but encrusted. 9"X I3".

N. xxu. iii. 3. Wedge under-tablet ; end slightly broken. Obv. three 11. Khar., mostly clear. Rev. one I. Khar. (faint) in corner. Fairly hard and well preserved. 7r X

N. xxu. iii. 4. Wedge cov.-tablet. Obv. Ii" from sq. end, seal cay. (I "x Ii") with remains of seal. By sq. end one 1. Khar. faint. Rev. four 11. Khar. Split, but in good condition. 8" x 1".

N. xxu ill. 5. Oblong tablet, with wedge point. Obv. five short 11. Khar., faint. Rev. blank. Hard and well preserved. 3+"

N. xxll iii. 6. Wedge under-tablet. Obv. three 1L Khar., faded but clear. Rev. blank. Well preserved. 9" x I r".

N. xxu iii. 7. Wedge cov.-tablet. Obv. seal cay. (I "x I") Ir from sq. end. Traces of Khar. by sq. end and at point. Rev. two 11. Khar., faint. Wood soft. Point broken. 81" x Ir X 8" to r.

N. xxn. iii. 8. Wedge cov.-tablet. Obv. seal cay. (I" x fa") Ii" from sq. end with remains of seal and string. One 1. Khar. by sq. end. Usual character by hole. Rev. blank. 9r x 2" x r to i".

N. xxu iii. g. Rectang. cov.-tablet. Seal cavity (1h" x Ii") empty. Obv. three 11. Khar. above cay. Rev. six 11. Khar., black and clear. Soft but well preserved. 4"X Ir". Pl. XXIII.

N. xxu iii. to. a, b. Two wedge-shaped labels, or under-tablets, with holes at points and notches for string " from sq. end. If a pair of tablets, no sign of seal-case.

(a) Obv. six 11. Khar., clear. Rev. blank. (b) Obv. two 11. Khar. clear. Rev. blank. Good condition. 5" x 2r.

N. xxu. iii. 11. Wedge under-tablet. Obv. four I1. Khar., for most part clear. Rev. blank. Well preserved. 9*" X 2".

N. xxu. iii. 12. Oblong tablet. Hole near one end. Obv. three 11. Khar., very faint. Rev. four 11. Khar., very faint. Wood hard. 5 " x I g" x ".

N. xxu. iii. 13. Large oblong tablet, tapering slightly, cut into point and pierced. Obv. one long and two short 11. Khar., black and clear, some incrustation. Rev. blank. Hard and well preserved, corner damaged. 23" x 3k". PI. XXv.

N. xxu iii. 14. Rectang. cov.-tablet, with seal cay. (Ii"x xi") empty. Obv. faint traces of writing on each side of cay. Rev. blank. Hard and well preserved, but lower edge gnawed. 3f" X 2$".

N. xxll. iii. 15. Oblong tablet, with rounded ends, tapering towards pierced end. Both Obv. and Rev. orig. painted black (?). No writing. Fairly hard and well preserved. tor x IS". •

N. xxu. iii. 16. Wedge cov.-tablet. Obv. I" from sq. end seal cay. (I*" X 1"). Seal intact, design as on N. xxu. iii. 18, but very bad impression. One 1. Khar. by sq. end, faint. Rev. two 11. Khar., faint. 9" X xi' x g" to r.

N. xxu. iii. 17. Wedge cov.-tablet. Obv. seal cay. (I1" x I*") I*" from sq. end. Traces of Khar. point side of seal. Rev. much encrusted with sand. Traces of Khar. 9i" X 2g" x 8" to

N. xxu. iii. 18. Double-wedge tablet, complete. String cut. Cov.-tablet : Obv. seal cay. (Fr X I") I" from sq. end, bearing impression of upright fig. of archaic Athene type (cf. N. xxiv. viii. 6, and "Inc. Kholan, ii. PI. LXxI, N. xv. 24). Marks of setting not clear. By sq. end, one I. Khar., very faint. Rev. three 11. Khar., clear. Under-tablet : Obv. three Il. Khar., faint. Rev. blank. 8i" x I" xi" to A".

N. xxu. iii. 19. a, b. Double-wedge tablet, complete. Cov.-tablet : Obv. I" from sq. end seal cay. (Ii" X IA") with remains of seal. One 1. Khar. by sq. end, one 1. Khar. point side of seal, and usual character by hole. Rev. three 11. Khar., clear.

Under-tablet : Obv. three 11. Khar. Rev. one 1. Khar. by sq. end. Condition good. 7" X I " x " to â".

N. xxu iii. 20. Wedge under-tablet. Obv. three 11. Khar., faint. Rev. blank. Split, but good condition. 8i" x I".

N. xxu iii. 21. a, b. Double-wedge tablet, complete. Cov.-tablet : Obv. I}" from sq. end seal cay. (I" x I") empty. No writing visible. Rev. two and a half 11. Khar. clear.

Under-tablet : Obv. four 11. Khar., clear. Rev. blank. Good condition. 8" x I" x I" to .4".