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63o   THE OASIS OF NAN-HU AND THE YANG BARRIER [Chap. XVI

Nan. T. 005. Pottery fr., hand-made, of grey clay burning to red ; fired on an open hearth; on upper part traces of iridented pattern, prob. roulette-made. z" x I "Xi".

Nan. T. oo6. Pottery fr., hand-made, of well-levigated red clay, `smothered'; outer face smoky grey, with `mat-marking'. z" x I" x c.

Nan. T. 007. Pottery fr. from side of bowl of buff stoneware, wheel-made, with partial coating of translucent brown glaze in varying thickness. The glaze has only covered the upper part of the exterior, and there has been a bare ring inside. Chinese, possibly as early as Tang dynasty. 31" x Ii" x C.

Nan. T. oo8. Pottery fr. from vessel of ill-levigated pale grey-blue clay burning to light brown; wheel-made, kiln-fired ; upper part shows traces of incised comb-drawn wave orn. It" X I E x Aff.

Nan. T. oog. Pottery fr. from rim of vessel of dark smoky grey ware ; form of rim as Puski. oo8; hand-made, evenly fired on an open hearth. Imo" X zr X it to (rim)

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Nan. T. ooao. Pottery fr. from near rim of vessel; wheel-made, kiln-fired, `smothered' ware; red clay; grey-black outer face. z " x Irk" x iae.

Nan. T. oolz. Spinning-whorl (?), part of, of gritty greyish pottery; a pierced disc. Split in half horizontally. Diam. x".

Nan. T. 0014-16. Spinning•whorls, as Nan. T. ooz r, but complete; grey clay. Diam. 1" and â".

Nan. T. 0017-20. Four stone discs with convex sides, grey. 0019, 0020 are rough; but 0017, 0018 are very truly cut. Counters in a game (?). Diam. ", thickness r.

Nan. T. 0021, 0022. Two stone discs similar to Nan. T. 0017-20, but of white stone. 0021 hammered only, 0022 hammered and ground. Diam. -", thickness ".

Nan.T. 0023. Five bronze frs., small nondescript. Gr. M. xi".

Nan. T. 0025. Bronze arrow•head; triangular; hollowed for shaft attachment. i r x TV.

Nan. T. 0026. Pointed iron wedge with flat sides and

blunt edges ; much corroded. Arrow-head (?).   x (max.)
r x (max.) *".

Nan. T. 0027. Bronze arrow-head, fr. of, three-flanged; cf. N. xiv. 008; much corroded. Z" x A".

Nan. T. 0028. Bronze disc, pierced as spinning-whorl ; cf. Nan. T. ooI I ; affected by iron rust. Diam. -"x ", thickness *".

Nan. T. 0029. Bronze disc with solid laterally-pierced boss, surrounded by relief ring ; cf. Char. 002o. I x I" X -".

Nan. T. 0030. Bowl of miniature bronze spoon (?).

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Nan. T. oo81. Small bronze ring with three pegs projecting from under-side. Diam. i".

Nan. T. 0032. Bronze bar bent to a ring and tapering towards ends ; at one end small pierced knob. Diam. I~" x I", thickness s".

Nan. T. 0033. Tapering bronze rod bent to form ring ; corroded. Diam. ", width A", thickness é".

Nan., T. 0034. Fr. of bronze ornamental plate, openwork, from harness ; peg behind for attachment. a" x 8" x $" to

Nan. T. 0035. Fr. of bronze orn., openwork, tendrils with flowers. Gr. M. Ire", thickness ".

Nan. T. 0036. Square bronze plate, broken each end, with two tags projecting from one. Prob. from harness. ice" X r

Nan. T. 0037. Horse's tooth, fr. of. Length 2r.

OBJECTS FROM KU-TUNG-T'AN ' TATI', NAN-HU.

Nan. K. T. oox. Pottery fr., part of rim of vase of bright buff clay, covered on both sides with black glaze; on outside Imo" below rim this is abandoned. Chinese, prob. Sung, but might be as early as Tang dynasty. I"

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Nan. K. T. 002. Glass bead, large ring of translucent brown. Diam. i", thickness r.

Nan. K. T. 003-4. Two steatite discs, like Nan. T. 0017-2o. 003 careful, 004 rude and chipped. Diam. ", thickness ".

Nan. K. T. 005. Disc of turquoise blue paste, part of, with laterally pierced boss. Diam. prob. c. r", thickness Ai;' to 5".

Nan. K. T. 006. Pottery fr., pink clay, covered with mottled green glaze. " X A".

Nan. K. T. 007. Rough flake of Sang•i•sabz (green-stone), pierced at one end for suspension. i" x - " X

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Nan. K. T. oo8. Chip of turquoise. Gr. M. A".

Nan. K. T. oog. Chip of dark green Sang-i•sabz (greenstone). Gr. M. i".

Nan. K. T. 0010-0013. Beads. ooro. Bugle bead of green glass. ii" x". 0011. Black and white banded bead of paste, pierced at one end. ;g" x ". 0012. Bead of ivory. g"x i-". 0013. Irregular green glass bead. â" X ~" X iV".

Nan. K. T. 0023. Bronze buckle, half 'of; strap badly corroded. x"x ".