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OBJECTS EXCAVATED AT WATCH-TOWER T. XXIII. f

T. xxiii. f. 01. String sandal ; similar to T. XXIII. o. 03.
11½″ × 4″.

T. xxiii. f. 02. String sandal sole ; strongly made.
11¾″ × 4″.

T. xxiii. f. 03. Five wooden sticks, mostly Chinese
writing-slips ; blank.

T. xxiii. f. 04. Two frs. of string mat, composed of
two-ply string laid as a warp by doubling backwards and
forwards ; joined by string weft laid in double waling
at edges and at intervals of 3″ between, making a kind
of string 'chick'. Complete width c. 17″ × 10″. Pl. XLVI.

T. xxiii. f. 05. Fr. of coarse canvas ; buff. 6¼″ × 6″.

T. xxiii. f. 06. Fr. of thick string, of vegetable fibre ;
prob. from sandal. Gr. length 16″.

T. xxiii. f. 07. Two frs. of plain silk, one crimson,
2″ × 1⅛″, other green, 2¼″ × 2″.

T. xxiii. f. 08. Fr. of pottery ; mouth of unglazed
pottery vessel, with prism-shaped rim. Fine, grey body.
Well made. 3″ × 1⅜″ × 3⁄16″. Pl. XLVIII.

T. xxiii. f. 09. Iron holdfast, l. shape. 2⅜″ × ⅝″. Pl. XLVI.

T. xxiii. f. 010. Frs. of silk. Miscellaneous small rags ;
plain colours : crimson, blue, brown, yellow, and buff.
Largest piece 12″ × 2″.

T. xxiii. f. 011. Wooden tablet, rect., roughly pointed
at one end, at which is a hole. Eight small holes drilled
along one edge. 4¼″ × 1⅛″ × ¼″. Pl. XLVII.

T. xxiii. f. 012. Fr. of pottery from upper edge of vessel,
showing plain rounded rim and wall slightly ribbed
horizontally on outside ; has been broken from vessel
in antiquity and been repaired by means of boring holes
in either piece and tying the two together with string.
Blackish, well-levigated body. Sand-encrusted. Gr. M.
3½″, thickness ¼″. Pl. XLVIII.

T. xxiii. f. 013. Fr. of wooden implement, as Ser. iv.
Pl. XXXV, L.A. iv. iii. 001 ; perhaps stay for dasher
of churn. Broken off through central hole ; wood furrowed
and partially decayed. Length 8¼″, gr. width 1¼″, thickness
¼″. Pl. XLVI.

T. xxiii. f. 014. Fr. of wooden implement, very
roughly cut. Use prob. same as preceding. Long narrow
wedge-shape, flat, oblong in section at wider end. Here
surface has been cut down ¼″, and large hole (1¼″ diam.)
pierced through vertically. Inside of hole also rough, and
fr. broken off half-way across it. 2⅜″ from narrow end
a groove, 1″ wide and ¼″ deep, has also been cut out across
surface. Length 11¼″, width 2⅜″ to ¾″, thickness 1″ to
1¼″. Pl. XLVI.

T. xxiii. f. 015. Fr. of iron wedge-shape shoe, prob.
blade of hoe ; hollow to receive handle. Sides broken
away. Cf. T. xxiii. c. 04 and Ser. iv. Pl. LIV, T. xv.
0010. 3⅛″ × 2¼″ × 1″. Pl. XLVII.

T. xxiii. f. 016. Wooden tally-stick (?). Flat slip like
writing-slip, with bark left on edges. Six notches cut in
one edge near end. Length 7¼.

OBJECTS FOUND AT WATCH-STATIONS T. XXIII. g, h

T. xxiii. g. 01. Frs. of string tied together. Prob. part
of sandal.

T. xxiii. g. 02. Canvas bag or sheath, hemmed at mouth.
8½″ × 1⅜″.

T. xxiii. h. 01. Fr. of thick glazed stoneware, from
lower part of wall of straight-sided vessel, turning in
slightly at bottom as for base. Outside ribbed horizontally.
Hard greyish-white body. Glaze inside, mottled bronze
and green ; outside, mottled bronze green and black, much
scratched. Gr. M. 2¼″, thickness 3⁄16″.

OBJECTS EXCAVATED AT WATCH-TOWER T. XXIII. l

T. xxiii. l. 01. String sandal, as Ser. iv. Pl. LIV, T.
xiv. a. 002. 10¼″ × 4¼″.

T. xxiii. l. i. 01. Six wooden writing-slips, Chinese ;
blank. Average length 9″ ; gr. width ¾″.

T. xxiii. l. i. 02. Seven wooden writing-slips, Chinese ;
blank, or with unimportant marks. Gr. 9″ × 1″.

T. xxiii. l. i. 03. Wooden bowl, boat-shaped ; with side
handles or lugs, near one of which a piece of string has
been threaded through hole drilled inside. Very roughly
made. Knife scratches on bottom. For specimens of
handles, see T. xxiii. c. 02 and T. XLIII. k. 026. 5⅜″ × 3⅛″ ×
2″. Pl. XLVI.

T. xxiii. l. i. 04. Fr. of wooden bowl ; boat-shaped,
sides missing, black inside. Hole drilled downwards near
end at one side. 6¼″ × 5″.

T. xxiii. l. i. 05. Fr. of wooden bowl, round ; about
half ; roughly cut by hand. Traces of black paint (?).
Diam. 4¼″, depth 1⅜″. Pl. XLVI.

T. xxiii. l. i. 06. Fr. of iron weapon or implement ;
four-sided, hollow, flattening towards 'blade' end, which
broken off. Retains tang of wooden handle, which projects
(splinter only) at handle end. Length of iron fr. 2¼″,
width 1⁄12″, thickness 1⁄12″ to 1⁄16″. Pl. XLVII.

T. xxiii. l. ii. 01. Nine wooden writing-slips,
Chinese ; blank. Av. length 9″.

T. xxiii. l. ii. 02. a–d. Frs. of wood, roughly cut. a
and b irreg. sticks ; c roughly spoon-shaped ; d flat,
broken at one end, notched on one edge near intact end,
and piece of string tied into notch. Largest (a) 5″ × ⅝″
× ⅜″.