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and work on a system of which Japan supplies examples in the Shōsōin and which is still in use
there.

Among objects of military equipment represented, we have the iron casque, 0105 (Pl. LXX),
which is provided with holes for the attachment of a chain-mail curtain such as appears on clay
figurines from Turfān graves, and has on its top a domical piece intended to hold a spike or crest ;
the spear-head of steel or wrought iron, 010 (Pl. LXX), which retains its long socket ; and the small
javelin-head, 0180 (Pl. LXXI). Whether the small sheet of 'wired' bronze, 0110, formed part of
armour, is doubtful. Iron loops such as 012, 0179, and attachments like 0194, 0200 (Pl. LXXI),
probably belonged to harness, and some similar purpose may be assumed for the numerous rings,
bosses, &c., in bronze and iron.

Objects of Small objects of personal use in silver had also found their way into the cache. Thus we have
personal the silver amulet case, 0136 (Pl. LXXI), decorated on both faces with a floral design in relievo, and
use. retaining a neatly worked chain partly in silver, partly in iron wire ; and the small silver figurine
of a nude male, 0137 (Pl. LXXI), also intended for suspension. Two brass seals, 0176–7 (Pl. LXXI),
show Chinese lapidary characters. Finally, the two pairs of shoes found near the metal objects
deserve special notice. The embroidered lady's shoes, 03 (Pl. LXXXVIII), are of truly exquisite
workmanship. They are made up of tapestry pieces remarkably strong in weave and still retaining
their brilliant colours, and show elaborately embroidered floral ornaments. The other pair of shoes,
063 (Pl. LXXXVIII), which, judging from their shape, appear to have served a purpose corresponding
to that of goloshes, are also elaborately worked with several superimposed layers of fabrics and
decorated with appliqué bands displaying patterns in silver thread and corded silk.

Antiques There remain to be briefly mentioned the miscellaneous objects which I was able to acquire,
acquired. during my successive stays at Kara-khōja, from local cultivators or from petty dealers who collected
antiques from the former. There can be little doubt that the great majority of these objects had been
found, as asserted by the sellers, by persons digging for earth—or treasure—among the ruins of
Idikut-shahrī. The character of the objects, most of which may safely be ascribed to Uigur times,
supports this view. A few, however, may perhaps have been obtained from tombs recently rifled
in the extensive graveyards of Astāna to be described below. The reason why the supply of
objects brought for sale was not more abundant may have been that the most active season of
digging for manure had only just started when we left Turfān ; to some extent also I may have
been forestalled by agents collecting for purchasers in Europe.

Illuminated The majority of the antiques acquired consisted of manuscript fragments on paper in Chinese,
Manichaean Brāhmī, and Uigur scripts. These together with some fragments in Sogdian and Runic Turkī,
MS. fr. on presumably Manichaean, will be found inventoried elsewhere. Among the miscellaneous small
parchment. objects described in the List below, the following may be specially noted here. Pictorial remains of
distinct interest are the fragment of an illuminated Manichaean manuscript on parchment, Kao. 0111
(Pl. LXXVII), and the fine coloured block-print on paper, Kao. 05 (Pl. LXXIII). The former, unfor-
tunately torn and partly defaced, shows rows of worshippers, male and female, kneeling in two
registers and wearing brilliantly coloured dresses. The particular interest of the fragment lies in
its material, the use of leather being extremely rare for Manichaean texts and repugnant to the
Manichaean mind, as Prof. von Lecoq kindly informs me. He believes that the fragment is likely
to have belonged to a MS. brought from the West, where paper was not available. This opinion
is borne out by the fact that the text, according to the reading and translation obligingly furnished
by Dr. W. Lentz (App. R), is in the south-western variety of Sogdian.

Coloured The block-print, coloured by hand, represents two Chinese jugglers in elaborate costumes
block-print. performing on a bench. It is purely Chinese in style and a composition of considerable artistic