National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

T. xli. b. 04, 05. Frs. of wood. Three chips. 3⅛″×1″
×⅛″ largest.

T. xli. b. 06, 07. Frs. of leather ; thin. Holes of sewing
on 07. Gr. 5″×1⅛″.

T. xli. b. 08. Fr. of pottery ; part of foot of bowl
similar to T. xliii. l. 04, but bright buff. 1⅜″×⅜″×¼″.

T. xli. b. 09. Fr. of pottery ; from wall of vessel ; grey,
faintly string-marked. Fine texture. 2″×1⅜″×⅜″.

T. xli. b. 010. Fr. of pottery ; part of rim similar to
T. xli. c. 03. Much weathered. 'Rivet'-hole near one end.
3⅛″×⅞″×⅜″.

T. xli. b. 011. Fr. of pottery ; from wall of vessel ;
string-marked ; similar to T. xli. a. 04. 2⅛″×2⅛″×¼″.

T. xli. b. 012. Fr. of pottery ; from wall of vessel ; grey ;
string-marked. 1⅞″×1⅛″׳⁄₁₆″.

T. xli. b. 013. Fr. of pottery ; from wall of vessel ;
faceted similar to T. xli. c. 03. 1⅛″×1⅜″׳⁄₁₆″.

T. xli. b. 014-17. Frs. of pottery ; of vessel similar to
T. xliii. b. 02. 014, 015, 017, parts of slightly out-turned
thickened rim. Body dense grey-buff. Glazed inside and
out with thin dark greyish-brown-mottled glaze. 016, part
of wall, same glaze ; but inside only about half covered,
leaving remainder unglazed. Gr. fr. 1⅜″×1³⁄₁₆″×⅜″.

T. xli. b. 018. Fr. of textile ; loosely woven coarse
woollen twill. Discoloured to dark brown. 3⅛″×4⅛″.

T. xli. c. 01. Fr. of pottery ; similar quality to T. xli.
c. 03. Lower part of same vessel (?), showing faceted

OBJECTS EXCAVATED AT WATCH-TOWER T. xli. f

T. xli. f. 01. Fr. of wooden tablet ; thin rectangular
piece of conifer wood, broken at one long edge through
small hole drilled near one end. 4⅛″×1⅛″׳⁄₁₆″.

T. xli. f. 02, 04-11, 013, 023, 024. Frs. of wooden
slips, of various sizes, blank or effaced. Largest 9⅛″×
¹⁄₁₆″×¹⁄₁₆″.

T. xli. f. 03. Fr. of wood ; irregular rectangle ; close
grained and hard, resembling that of which ancient combs
are made. Shape such as might have been 'roughed out'
for a comb, but with irregular indentation at one end.
Sides rough. 4⅛″×2⅛″×⅜″.

T. xli. f. 012. Fr. of cord, of vegetable fibre tied into
knots. 7″×¹⁄₁₆″.

T. xli. f. 014. Fr. of cotton (?) cloth ; showing selvedge.
4″×2⅛″.

T. xli. f. 015. Fr. of silk ; buff, finely corded. 6″×⅜″.

T. xli. f. 016. Fr. of cord, of vegetable fibre. 3″×⅜″.

T. xli. f. 017. Fr. of woollen string. Length 3′.

T. xli. f. 018. Fr. of cotton canvas. Length 4″.

T. xli. f. 019. Fr. of silk waste.

T. xli. f. 020, 021. Frs. of pottery. 020. Very fine
texture, pale red ; partially glazed on both sides but glaze
perished. 1⅜″×1″׳⁄₁₆″. 021. Coarser ware ; part of
rim, prismatic section. Red surface, grey inside. 2″×
1⅜″×⅜″.

T. xli. f. 022. Fr. of iron ; rough, very oxydized cast
iron. 2⅛″×1⅛″׳⁄₁₆″.

T. xli. f. 023. Iron nail ; flat, with wide-spreading head.
1¹⁄₁₆″×⅜″ (head) ×¹⁄₁₆″.

T. xli. f. 024. Fr. of iron bar ; square section. 1⅛″×⅛″.

T. xli. f. 025. Bronze ball. Diam. ³⁄₁₆″.

T. xli. f. 026. Frs. of two green glass beads. 07 ir-
regular, pale. ⅜″×⅜″×¼″. 09 annular, darker green ;
chipped. Diam. ³⁄₁₆″, thickness ⅛″.

T. xli. f. 027. Bronze wire ring ; split. Diam. ³⁄₁₆″.

OBJECTS FOUND AT RUINED STRUCTURES T. xli. g

T. xli. g. 01. Fr. of base of porcelain bowl. Thick
greyish-white, very fine quality, with ring-base (chipped)
and two faint blue annular lines on bottom within ring.

sides running to base, which is without foot. 'Rivet'-holes
drilled near each of the three broken edges and another
through bottom at broken edge. 3⅛″×4″×¼″ (nearly).
Pl. XLVIII.

T. xli. c. 02. Fr. of pottery ; thickened rounded rim, of
common red ware. 2⅝″×1″×¼″ (at rim).

T. xli. c. 03. Fr. of pottery ; from upper part of vessel.
Fine grey body ; well burnt and uniform in colour through-
out. Rim overhangs boldly, the upper surface 1⅜″ and of
soft cyma recta curve, laid nearly horizontally ; the under-
surface, simple hollow running slightly into general surface
of side. From rim, side falls nearly straight for about 1⅜″
with a faint band of two or three incised lines. Below this
it turns slightly under, and is cut into irreg. flat facets
forming a kind of flat fluting, each 'flute' having a round
top. (Cf. Ser. iv. Pl. XXXVI, E. Fort. 0011 ; fr. of glass.)
Near top a hole drilled through. Traces of thin slip or
glaze. 4⅛″×4⅛″×¼″. Pl. XLVIII.

T. xli. c. 04. Fr. of pottery ; from lower part of thick
vessel ; of well-washed clay, dark grey throughout. Flat
bottom, no foot. Large hole through bottom made before
firing. Small 'rivet'-hole near junction of two broken
edges of side. 4⅛″×2⅛″×⅜″.

T. xli. e. 01. Rope. Two pieces, made of hemp (?). 4″
׳⁄₁₆″.

T. xli. e. 02. Wooden spindle, broken ; for length of
3⅛″, a regular cylinder, the remainder the same shape but
thicker. An abrupt shoulder at junction of two parts.
6⅛″×⅛″ (nearly) to ⅜″. Pl. XLVII.

Coated with very fine glaze (?) which has lost its original
polish by fine erosion. Gr. M. 2⅛″, average thickness
¹⁄₁₆″