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Innermost Asia : vol.1 |
| 極奥アジア : vol.1 |
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mound, could be made out here coming from T. xxiii. c, the nearest station to the east. It passed
at a distance of about 120 yards north of the ridge towards the lake shore. It could be followed
up to a point about 300 yards to the north-west of T. xxiii. b, and beyond this disappeared on
the scrub-covered marshy foreshore. The tower, built of sun-dried bricks of the usual size, 14 ×
7 × 4 inches, measured 16 feet square at the base and still rose to a height of about 13 or 14 feet
(see plan in Pl. 13). Among the objects recovered from the refuse in two small adjoining rooms
were the fragments of a finely woven tapestry rug showing rainbow stripes, T. xxiii. b. 03, and
a painted wooden bracket, T. xxiii. b. 06 (Pl. XLVI). This was meant for hanging up equipment,
&c., and closely resembles others found at Limes stations farther west. A clipped Wu-chu coin
and the fragment of a Chinese record on wood were also found here. [In this M. Maspero believes
to find mention of a 'signal post' (sui) named Lai-hsiang 來隆.]
Almost due east of T. xxiii. b a high conspicuous Mesa rises at a distance of about a mile and
a half, commanding a very open view all round and crowned at its summit by the tower T. xxiii. c.²³
In order to reach this Mesa, the lowest portion of the depression above referred to had to be
crossed. Owing to the boggy nature of the ground the passage was distinctly difficult east of
T. xxiii. b. But after going for about half a mile, we picked up the line of the Limes wall marked
by a low straight mound, and followed it right through to the Mesa. This rises above the surround-
ing salt-encrusted ground as a steep clay ridge, about 400 yards long, with an axial bearing from
ENE. to WSW. Refuse of straw and dung was at once found at its southern foot, where a shelter
appeared to have been devised amidst fallen masses of clay. The abundant pottery debris en-
countered on climbing the slope indicated that the station above had been occupied for a long period.
As the sketch-plan in Pl. 13 shows, the Limes wall, built of reed fascines and layers of clay,
extended up the southern slope to terrace-like ground near the middle of the Mesa at an elevation
of about 90 feet. There it was carried to the west round a steep clay knoll about 30 feet higher, which
bears on its top the remarkably well-preserved tower T. xxiii. c. This was built of layers of stamped
clay and measured 14½ feet square at the base. It was intact to a height of about 15 feet and
retained on its top a layer of reeds and a large piece of Toghrak wood. The eastern face of the
tower showed foot-holes flanked on either side by smaller holes evidently intended to afford a grip
to the hands of a person clambering to the top. On the northern side there adjoined a room, about
13 feet square, with walls built of brick and about 1 foot 8 inches thick. The wall facing to the
north still stood to a height of 8 feet, while the one to the west was much broken and the one to the
east almost effaced—significant proof of the eroding force of the prevailing east winds even at a
height well above the sand and gravel scoured ground.
From a point opposite to the north-western corner of the tower the Limes wall, here as elsewhere
8 feet in thickness, turned off to the south-west and was carried to a small knoll, about as high as
that bearing the tower, but much steeper. This precipitous knoll provided natural defence, and
here the line of the wall was interrupted for a distance of about 30 feet. Beyond this gap the
wall was built of bricks, measuring 14 × 7 × 4 inches, and was 3 feet thick. In this form it
descended the steep slope of the knoll for a distance of 27 feet, the only instance I ever traced of
the Limes wall being constructed of masonry. Beyond this stretch it was once more built of reed
fascines and clay and thus continued down the slope to the south-west, here somewhat easier, for
another 90 feet. It then turned off west-north-west in the direction of T. xxiii. b, being built of
fascines mainly of Toghrak branches, with layers of clay between.
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