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OBJECTS SAID TO HAVE BEEN FOUND NEAR ULÛGH-MAZÂR

Ulûgh-mazâr 01. Fr. of carved wooden nimbus ;
circular when complete with ogee-shaped extension above.
About ½ of L. side was formed of separate piece (missing),
butted to remaining piece and held by two short clamps
partly sunk into back. R. edge broken away.

Obv. carved in low relief, with emblem of wheel repre-
sented as a sun-disc in centre with eight waving rays
streaming from it to raised border. The lower central ray
is not carved, because covered by neck of figure to which
nimbus was fitted ; but the missing ray has been painted
on the wedge-shaped blank space left.

Between rays are eight six-petalled lotuses, with outer
row of petals showing between inner. Seed-table raised
and flat with seed cavities painted as rings. The two
lowest lotuses are uncarved where they were covered by
figure. Raised border carved into simple pointed leaves
or petals placed cable-wise, with pearls between leaves.
Ogee extension above, carved as waving flames.

Whole seems to have been coated with 'priming' of
pink over which other colours were painted. Rays are
divided by channelled 'midrib', and the two halves
painted in contrasting colours, such as pink and blue (?),
dark red, and pink, &c. Lotuses dark red with green (?)

seed-tables with red rings. Border and flames above,
in arrangement of same colours. All colours badly worn
and discoloured. In centre of disc and in uncarved space
below, two rectangular holes for pins to secure nimbus
to figure.

Rev. painted only with Buddha seated cross-legged on
seed-table of lotus. R. hand raised in Abhaya-mudrā ;
L., down near R. foot, palm outwards, fingers flexed,
partly broken away. Wears red robe over green under-
robe visible at neck. Flaming jewel painted at breast.
Wheel symbol painted in palm of hand, Svastika and
Śaṅka (?) on upturned soles of feet. Face round, of
Indian type, outlined red, with black eyebrows, eyelids,
nostrils, and corners of mouth ; formal high lights in white
or pale pink.

Circular nimbus, red near head surrounded by grey-blue
border, outlined pale buff. Halo to body, elliptical, dark
grey (?) next body ; surrounded by red and buff bands,
the buff spotted with red and green, and the bands divided
by light lines. Outside buff band is a flame edge rising
in long flames into ogee top. Surface damaged, worn, and
faded. H. 2′ 2½″, gr. width of fr. 10½″. Pl. XIII, XIV.

OBJECTS BROUGHT FROM TATIS NEAR ULÛGH-ZIÂRAT

U.Z. 01. Yellow stone seal ; sq., with rounded back
pierced for suspension. Device ; a crane with ruffled
wings, exactly as Ser. iv. Pl. V, Yo. 00159. Face 1⁴⁄₁₆″ sq.,
h. ¹⁄₁₆″. Pl. CXI.

U.Z. 02. Bronze seal ; flat, seven-sided, with pierced
shank at back. Device : deeply cut lapidary Chin.
char. (?) Good condition. [At the top is ✝ ta, great,
below which appears to be a single character of which I
can make nothing.—Mr. L. C. Hopkins.] 1″×1⅛″. Pl. CXI.

U.Z. 03. Fr. of bronze sheath orn. ; cf. Tajik. 01.
Part of one side only ; long hollow case, pointed at one
end, broken at other. Surface orn. with conventional floral
relief, probably a pomegranate between long leaves crossing
above in an ogee shape, and terminating in trefoils. Fair
condition. 1¾″×⅞″×¼″. Pl. X.

U.Z. 04. Carved steatite object, prob. miniature squat-
ting monkey with hands to chin, head looking up. Hole
drilled between body and knees (missing). 1″×¾″×¼″.
Pl. X.

U.Z. 05. Wooden seal, round, with handle at back,
broken ; broken away at one side where hole appears to
have been drilled. Stout figure seated on throne ; L. hand
uplifted with curved sword, R. hand holding mace (head
down). Face projecting (rat ?) ; two sharp pointed small
ears. No drapery folds, but triangular apron in front.
Well and simply cut in fine-grained wood. Two minute
holes on side of break as for rivets. Diam. 1¾″. Pl. CXI.

U.Z. 06. Bronze buckle ; small, D-shaped, with remains
of tongue. ⅞″×⁹⁄₁₆″. Pl. XI.

U.Z. 07. Stone seal ; irreg. square, flat ; remains of loop-
handle on back. On face, four stems spring from centre
where they are voluted. Each stem runs to a corner and
then turns in a crude leaf-form, parallel to a side of
square, occupying the triangular fourth of square area.
Plain border surrounds the whole. Very rough work.
Hole pierced through centre. ⅞″ sq., thickness ¼″. Pl.
CXI.

OBJECTS SAID TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FROM BALAWASTE

Bal. 01. a-b. Fresco frs. of vertical border, light grey,
orn. with series of Buddhas seated in meditation within
long elliptical panels. Panels formed by undulating lotus
stems carrying buds at the spandrels ; cf. Ser. iv. Pl.
XII, Kha. i. E. 0030. Buddhas as in Buddha diapers,
Kuduk-köl. 024, &c. Bands of buff, grey, and red at sides.
Gr. fr. 10¾″×9¼″.

Bal. 02. Fresco fr. To L. p. a tree of horse-chestnut

type as seen behind Buddha in some Gandhāra sculptures,
and in painted silks from Tun-huang (cf. Th. Buddhas,
Pl. XI). Against the tree, which is painted as an elliptical
mass of dark green with leaves, &c., large shapes in white
and red not understood. To R. p. is baldachino in red
outline, supported by columns whose capital consists of
a group of three inverted enclosed palmettes. These
support an ornamented architrave, carrying an attic story