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towards bottom which is concave, orn. with slanting
incised lines round in-drawing part of side and with seven-
pointed star on bottom round hole ; 0138, light grey clay,
flat echinus shape, approaching ring-shape ; 0139, mottled
grey pebble, dome-shaped with flat base. Gr. diam.
(0135 and 0136) 1⅛″, gr. h. (0135) ⅝″. Pl. V, X.

Badr. 0140. Stone seal, hard yellowish-white. Four-sided,
and roughly pyramidal in shape ; apex rounded over, and
hole pierced through horizontally for suspension string.
Fret device cut on face ; practically replica of Ser. iv.
Pl. V, Yo. 0089. Face c. 1/16″ sq., h. 1/16″. Pl. X.

Badr. 0141. Splinter of hard white stone, jade (?). Gr.
M. 1 1/16″.

Badr. 0142. Tapering rod of pale green stone, jade (?) ;
broken both ends. Length 1 9/16″; gr. diam. 3/16″.

Badr. 0143. Glass bead ; spheroid flattened laterally,
honey-coloured, semi-translucent. Diam. 5/16″.

Badr. 0144. Slab of black stone ; smooth and very hard.
In shape, an oblong with one long side bowed. Back
unpolished, showing three groups of holes for attachment
of stone to some object. Holes were drilled in pairs,
those in each pair slanting to meet each other and making
V-shaped channel for passage of wire. Bridge between
holes has broken in most cases, and new holes have been
made. 1⅜″ × ⅞″ to 1⅛″ × ⅜″.

Badr. 0145. Fr. of lignite (?) seal ; flat, sq., with hole
pierced horizontally for suspension. One broad face pre-
served with crude incised device of long-legged beast
(standing). Cf. Ser. iv. Pl. XXIX, N. xxix. 006. Remains
of design on fr. of other face, unintelligible. Face ⅝″ sq.,
thickness ⅜″.

Badr. 0146. Pendant of black stone, very smooth, hard,
and polished ; four-sided, two of the sides making elongated
narrow angle and two a short wide angle. Edges finely
bevelled, both back and front ; the level disappearing
towards meeting-point of long sides, where the edge is
cut down sq. and stone pierced laterally for suspension.
Well made. Gr. length 1⅜″, gr. width 1″, thickness c. ⅛″.

Badr. 0165. Small bronze disc, prob. weight. Traces of
intaglio device on one side (?). Diam. 9/16″, thickness 3/16″.
Pl. X.

Badr. 0166. Fr. of bronze slag. Gr. M. 1/16″.

Badr. 0167. Bronze stud, having short, wide, shield-shaped
head with bevelled edges. Hollow behind, with short pin
on which is sq. washer. Fair condition. ⅝″ × ⅝″.

Badr. 0168. Bronze strap-end, from buckle ; cf. Badr.
0109, 0111. Long narrow plate, with long sides concave
and one end pointed. Edge bevelled along these three
sides. From other end springs double hoop (broken), which
passed round tongue-bar of buckle. Plate cut away
between hoops to give free play to tongue. Three holes
for rivets, 3/16″ in diam. Back plate lost. Fair condition.
Length 1⅜″, width 3/16″ to ⅜″. Pl. X.

Badr. 0169. Misc. frs. of bronze wire, bent into rings,
loops, &c. Gr. diam. (ring) ⅝″, gr. thickness 3/32″.

Badr. 0170–85. Sixteen frs. of agate, of various tints,
weather-worn. Gr. fr. 1⅜″ × ⅜″ × ⅜″.

Badr. 0186–7. Two frs. of crystal (?), weather-worn.
Gr. fr. ⅞″ × ⅜″ × ⅜″.

Badr. 0188. Fr. of glass (?) ; surface covered with opaque
patina, partly verdigris in colour. Cf. Badr. 0131. 1/16″ ×
1 1/16″ × ¼″.

Badr. 0191. Iron 'Koftgāri' button, with large loop
shank. Circular, flat, scored in two directions to hold
silver-foil pattern. This consists of outer and inner
circle, the inner circle divided by its diagonals into
quadrants, and each quadrant containing an inner quadrant
treated as angular spiral. Fair condition. Diam. 1⅜″.

Badr. 0192. Bronze seal, oblong, rectang., with large
loop at back roughly soldered on. Device : at bottom
a circular eight-petalled rosette ; above, two vertical
divisions side by side, in one of which is line of Chinese
lapidary chars., in other a continuous scroll orn. A line
borders bottom and two sides. Seal has been broken across
and soldered together again. Otherwise in good con-
dition. 2⅛″ × 1 3/16″.

[Note by Mr. L. C. Hopkins.—The right-hand panel
contains three Chinese characters, sufficiently disguised
to make them very puzzling. At first I supposed them
to read 天 先 丰, t'ien hsien fong, viz. Heaven—first,
or prior—elegant. I can see no sense in such a sequence.
But it will be noticed that the whole of the lower part
of the face is occupied by a circular design, divided on its
inner margin into eight segments. This strongly suggests
the diagram of the arrangement of the 八 卦 pa kua
or Eight Symbols, according to the system attributed to
Fu-hsi, and known as the 先 天 圖 hsien t'ien t'u, or
'Earlier System' of the Symbols. Hence it is possible
that the first two characters are to be read as hsien t'ien
先 天, and not t'ien hsien 天 先. But I can make
no suggestion as to the third character in such a con-
nexion. It cannot be 圖 t'u.]

Badr. 0193. Bronze seal, rectangular, with small broken
loop at back. Device : striding demon or warrior to
L. p., in long robe and carrying spear (?) ; stole fluttering
upward. Below, horizontal Vajra (?). Fair condition.
1 9/16″ × ⅞″. Pl. X.

Badr. 0194. Bronze seal, rectangular, with three chars. (?)
within line border. Pierced shank at back. Fair condition.
1⅜″ × ⅜″.

Badr. 0195. Bronze seal, heart-shaped, with long shank
(pierced). Device : trefoil anthemion enclosed in double
border lines. Somewhat corroded. ⅞″ × ⅜″. Pl. X.

Badr. 0196. Fr. of bronze ring, with fine blue glass jewel
in four-claw setting. Most of hoop missing ; corroded.
Length 1⅜″, gr. width 3/16″. Pl. X.

Badr. 0197. Steatite fig. of monkey, seated, with hands
between knees, chin on hands, and back rounded. Natural-
istic. Drilled vertically. 1 3/16″ × ⅜″ × 1 3/16″. Pl. V.

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