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Innermost Asia : vol.1 |
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tomb sculptures and generally to figures which M. Chavannes in his great work on ancient Chinese
sculptures reproduces as representations of protecting genii. If Mr. Andrews' comparison holds
good we may find in this little carving the true explanation of the wooden stakes, like tent-pegs,
painted with grotesque faces, of which numerous specimens have been brought to light at Limes
stations both on my second and third journeys.¹¹
Finds at
tower
T. XLIII. k. T. XLIII. k, the next post to the east, was only half a mile distant. The tower, apparently
built of stamped clay with intervening reed layers, had decayed into a low mound. But deposits
of refuse in two places, one 10 yards to the south and another farther off to the south-west, yielded
plentiful relics of ancient occupation. Of Chinese records on wood, some twenty slips were recovered,
many broken, but others complete. [One among them, T. XLIII. k. 032, contains the official formula
regularly used under the Han to introduce an imperial decree, as found also in Chavannes, Doc.,
No. 140, of 58 or 56 B.C. T. XLIII. 031 is a receipt bearing a date corresponding to November 6th
of 21 B.C. The date shown by the incomplete slip, T. XLIII. 029, may correspond to 86 B.C., 48 B.C.,
or A.D. 89. The 'signal post' (or company?) Tsêng-hu 憎 胡 is mentioned in T. XLIII. 027, and
a record relating to the postal service preserved in T. XLIII. 037.] Among miscellaneous objects
found here are several fragments of lacquered wooden bowls, T. XLIII. k. 04–8, 026 (Pl. XLVI), and
spatula-shaped wooden pieces, 010–12, 014, 023 (Pl. XLVII), which may possibly have served the
same purpose as modern Chinese eating-sticks.
Construc-
tion of
tower
T. XLIII. l. From this point the wall changed its direction to the east-north-east ; it was for the greater
part in a state of fair preservation, and after running over slightly rising ground, brought us to
the large conspicuous tower, T. XLIII. l (Fig. 221). This stands to a height of 24 feet and is of very
solid construction. But closer inspection showed that though its core may go back to Han times,
it had undergone additions and repairs down to comparatively late times. To this recent period
must be also assigned the enclosure, 83 feet square, of which, as the plan (Pl. 15) shows, the tower
now occupies the north-west corner. The original tower appears to have measured about 24 feet
square at its foot. It is built of solid stamped clay, reinforced by a framework of big Toghrak
beams and posts. To this has been added a massive revetment, built of stamped clay and brush-
wood layers, enlarging the tower to 35 feet at its base. This revetment, slanting inwards, has been
carried to a height of 14 feet from the ground and leaves at its top a berm 3 feet wide around the
original tower. On the top of the latter were found the remains of a small room built of bricks
placed vertically and manifestly of late construction.
Enclosure of
T. XLIII. l. The enclosure above mentioned is formed by a stamped clay wall, 4 feet thick, which is best
preserved on the south face, where it still stands to a height of 10 feet. It was moreover possible
on that side to trace below it a foundation of brushwood fascines and timber. The west face has
been completely eroded, and this, in conjunction with corresponding observations along the Ying-
p'an section of the Limes, suggests that the strongest winds blow into this depression from the
side of the Su-lo-ho valley. The position of the west wall was marked by solid accumulations of
refuse, mainly reed-straw and dung, which had grown up against it within the enclosure. That
most of this refuse, if not all, was deposited at a later period is proved by the remains of porcelain
bowls and glazed hardware of which specimens are described in the List. As the note on T. XLIII.
l. 06–9 (Pl. XLVIII) shows, the porcelain fragments close by resemble pieces picked up at T. XI
on the Tun-huang Limes, which had been used as a roadside station till medieval times.¹² Relics
of an earlier occupation of the post may lie hidden in layers of refuse lower down ; but we did not
succeed in discovering such deposits.
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