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N. xlii. i. 04. Lump of oxidized iron, irregular, or slag.
5″ × 1½″.

N. xlii. i. 05. Two peach stones, complete, and two
half shells. Average length 1 1⁄16″.

N. xlii. i. 06. Fr. of glass, opaque black, drop-shaped.
Point broken. 8⁄8″ × ¼″.

N. xlii. i. 07. Fr. of slag, hard, black. 8⁄8″ × 8⁄8″.

N. xlii. i. 08. Fr. of shoulder of pottery vessel; red
clay moderately well prepared; orn. with pattern of
annular and zigzag bands scratched in surface and studded
with incised rings. 3½″ × 3″ × ¼″. Pl. XXV.

N. xlii. i. 09. Fr. of neck of pottery vessel, with
root of handle. Overhanging rim. Black clay mixed with
evenly ground quartz, which gives a rather pleasing quality.
2½″ × 3 8⁄8″ × ¼″.

N. xlii. i. 010-11. Two wooden discs, drilled through
centre. 010, with rounded edges; diam. 1 1⁄8″, thickness
¼″. 011, sharp edges. Bung-shaped; diam. 1 8⁄8″, thick-
ness ¼″.

N. xlii. i. 012. Crutch-shaped wooden object, as
Ser., iv. Pl. XXVIII, N. xiii. i. 002. Tapers downwards
to lower end, near which a portion is thinned to form
necking. 4½″ × 1¼″.

N. xlii. i. 013. Iron rod, sq. in section, flattened in centre,
and pierced with two sq. holes in flattened part. Rusted.
Length of whole 6¼″, sq. section 1⁄16″; flattened part,
length c. 2″, width ¾″, thickness ¼″.

N. xlii. i. 014. Fabric frs., including frs. of coarse red
woollen canvas; piece of buff felt; piece of vegetable
fibre rope; and small hank of thin buff woollen thread.
Gr. M. (fabric) 12½″.

N. xlii. ii. 01. Specimen of oat straw.

N. xliii. 01. Wooden spoon; leaf-shaped bowl with
portion of handle. Bowl concave, and set at wide angle
with handle. Much perished and brittle. Bowl 2¼″ × 1¼″,
length over all 5″. Pl. XVI.

N. xliii. 02. Crutch-shaped wooden object, as
N. xlii. i. 012, and Ser. iv. Pl. XXVIII, N. xiii. i. 002.
Shaft round, slightly tapered at end. Head rounded
laterally on under-side; flat laterally and slightly curved
longitudinally on upper side, with small notch, as for
a thread, at centre of each long edge. Dry and brittle.
Length of whole 4¼″, of cross piece 2¾″, width of cross
piece in centre ¾″, diam. of shaft ¼″. Pl. XVI.

N. xliii. 03. Fr. of two-handled terra-cotta vessel,
of stamnos type. Mouth wide with simple flat tip; handles
placed vertically; band of irregular incised zigzag round
neck and shoulder. One handle broken; all lower part of
vessel missing. Clay ordinary red, moderately clean.
Rather brittle. Gr. H. of fr. 6″, width of mouth 4¼″.
Prob. width of vessel 8¼″. Pl. XXV.

N. xliii. 04. Lump of iron, burnt and oxydized; prob.
waste from crucible. Gr. M. 5 8⁄8″.

N. xliii. 05. Wooden clamp, composed of spindle and
one cheek (together shaped like a mushroom), cut in one
piece. The spindle or stem is drilled through with two
holes running at right angles to each other, one passing
below the other. Two pins are passed through these to
keep the second cheek, which is a separate piece (broken),
in position. Second cheek has groove cut across upper
surface to receive lower of two pins. Very roughly made.
Length 3¼″, diam. of cheek c. 4″. Pl. XVI.

OBJECTS FOUND AT RUINS N. XLIV

N. xliv. 01. Specimen of Eleagnus (Jigda) wood.
1′ 6″ × 1″.

N. xliv. 02. Specimen of peach wood. 1′ 5½″ × 1¼″.

N. xliv. 03-6. Fr. of vine stem, gnarled and curled
into roughly circular form, and three smaller frs.; bleached
and split. Gr. fr. 2′ 3″.

N. xliv. 07. Fr. of vine stem, gnarled and weathered,
and four small frs. Gr. fr. 1′ 7″.

N. xliv. 08. Specimen of apricot wood. 2′ 4″ × 3″.

N. xliv. 09. Specimen of peach wood. 2′ 4″ × 2¼″.

N. xliv. 010. Specimen of apple wood. 2′ 4″ × 2¼″.

N. xliv. 011. Specimen of walnut wood. 1′ 6″ × 1¼″.

N. xliv. 012. Specimen of Eleagnus wood. 2′ 6″ × 3 1⁄8″.

N. xliv. 013. Specimen of apple wood. 1′ 4″ × 1¼″.

N. xliv. ii. 01. Specimen of Oats.

OBJECTS EXCAVATED IN RUIN N. XLV

N. xlv. 01. Wooden mouse-trap, as N. iii. x. 09,
Pl. XVI, q. v. for full descr. Tapering end unusually
blunt. Near that end on under-side is scratched a five-
pointed star ✦. Groove on obv. stops 2¼″ from end,
and has a broadened termination. Broken at large hole,
and 'gate' lost. Length 1′ 1¼″; breadth 2¾″, thickness ¾″.

N. xlv. 02. Mouth and shoulders of pottery vase, of
amphora type. Neck rather long, with mouth rising about
1¾″ above handles, which are simple loops slightly elongated
upwards and of hexagonal section. Where they join
shoulders rises a small conical projection, as of a recurved
end half buried in the body. Mouth slightly trumpet-
shaped. Red clay of poor quality and badly washed.
Brittle. Breadth across root of handles 12¾″, diam. of
mouth 6″, h. of fr. 6¼″, average thickness 5⁄16″. Pl. XXV.

N. xlv. 03. Rectang. double-tablet; small under-tablet.
Obv. (now mended) cover-tablet: Obv. seal cav. (1 1⁄8″ ×
1 1⁄8″), strings and seal lost. On each side of seal cav. one
l. Khar., partially worn off, running across end. Rev.
blank. Under-tablet: Obv. 6 ll. Khar., uppermost partly
broken off, mostly clear black. Rev. blank. Wood soft;
both tablets worn and chipped. 5 8⁄8″ × 2″ × (max.) ¼″.
Pl. XVIII.

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