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0272	Innermost Asia : vol.2
極奥アジア : vol.2

(Map No. 21. D. 2) and the 'new town' of Kara-kum.¹⁷ Along the existing canal and within the
ancient river-bed stretches a broad strip of good grazing; crossing this and the gravel-covered
plateau above it we reached Korla town on March 30th, after covering some nine miles.

LIST OF ANTIQUES EXCAVATED OR FOUND AT RUINED WATCH-
STATIONS BETWEEN YING-P'AN AND KORLA

OBJECTS EXCAVATED AT WATCH-STATION Y. I

Y. I. 01. Wooden awl (?) handle; cylindrical, carefully
smoothed, with oblong hole in one end for insertion of tang.
Small hole for suspension string, pierced internally through
handle near other end. Length 3¼″; diam. ⁹⁄₁₆″.

Y. I. 02. Iron plate, with loop carrying small ring-handle
(found in loophole); suggests a sword sling or something
akin. Plate thin, roughly oblong, narrowing at top to
form long tongue of almost equal length, which was bent
over rim and down behind. Ends of iron loop, carrying
ring, were then driven right through plate, vessel wall,
and tongue, from outside, and flattened out on inside,
holding the whole together.
Upper part of plate bulges slightly, as fitted to rim.
Small rivet-hole at top. Rusted, but intact. Plate (outer
side) 2½″×2″, diam. of ring-handle ¾″. Pl. CX.

Y. I. 03. Fr. of wooden firestick, 'female', with part of
charred 'hearth' at one end. Oblong in section, large
size. 2½″×1″×⅝″.

Y. I. 04. Remains of woven woollen shoe, of type
Y. II. 010, &c. Frs. only of plaited toe-band, &c. Gr.
length 5½″.

Y. I. 05. Misc. frs. of silk and woollen fabrics; buff
and cream, plain weave. Gr. M. c. 6″.

Y. I. 06. Fr. of bamboo arrow-shaft (?); broken both
ends; charred. Length 3⅛″.

Y. I. 07, 08. Cherry wood stick (found in loophole), in two
pieces (now joined); a hole drilled through thickness at
each end with axes at right angles to each other. 22″×1″.

Y. I. 010. Heart-shaped bronze clip; made of two
heart-shaped plates, back and front, joined by three rivets.
Back flat; surface of front plate moulded with slightly
raised edges and ridge down centre. Length ⅞″, gr. width
1″, length of rivets ⁵⁄₁₆″. Pl. CXI.

Y. I. 011. Fr. of bronze plate, shield-shaped, with two
holes for rivets through lower end. Crumpled. ⁷⁄₁₆″×⅝″.

Y. I. 012. Fr. of bronze pendant; hollow cone, elliptical
in section, with hole through apex; lower edge broken all
round, but possibly held jewel.
Sides orn. with: (1) round top, four rows of minute
bead orn.; (2) row of seven wedge-shaped sunk panels
for inset of jewels or paste, divided from each other by
vertical lines of similar bead orn. between plain mouldings;
(3) round bottom (broken), row of one very fine, and one
larger bead orn. Good work. Surface worn. H. ⅞″, base
³⁄₁₆″×⁵⁄₁₆″. Pl. CXI.

Y. I. 013. Bronze plate; fr. of buckle. Roughly sq., with
one side projecting in blunt angle. From opposite side
project two tags (broken off); part of hinge of buckle.
Through two back corners are rivet-holes, one containing
rivet. 1⅛″×⅞″.

Y. I. 014. Tongue of bronze buckle; long, flat, curved
in loop at broad end (broken) to fit round bar. 1⅞″×¼″.

Y. I. 015. Iron arrow-head. Flat lozenge-shaped head,
with ridge down middle of each side, and small shoulder
at upper end, from which projects long thin tang. Rusted.
Length of whole 5⁵⁄₁₆″, head ⅞″×⅝″ (gr. width). Pl. CXI.

OBJECTS EXCAVATED AT WATCH-STATION Y. II

Y. II. 01. Fr. of wooden comb; large, strong, straight-
backed. Length 3⅛″, depth 2⅜″. Pl. CX.

Y. II. 02. Wooden winder (?), for thread. Flat strip,
well smoothed; one end cut in two short straight horns
continuing the long edges; the other in three long pointed
teeth, the two outer curving in slightly at end. Piece of
string wound round plain central part, and knotted on
itself. Length of whole 8⅜″, of horns ⁷⁄₁₆″, of teeth 2½″.
Pl. CX.

Y. II. 03. Bone die; small cube, with numbers marked by
drilled holes as in Ser. iv. Pl. LI, M. i. iii. 004, &c.; one
opposite six, two opposite four, three opposite five. ⁷⁄₁₆″×
⅜″ sq. Pl. CXI.

Y. II. 04. Fr. of grass fibre rope; three strands, closely
twisted. Length 9½″, diam. ½″.

Y. II. 05. Fr. of bronze strap-loop. Elliptical plate, with
oblong slit down middle; one side broken away. ¾″×c. ⅝″.

Y. II. 06-8. Three frs. of rectang. bronze plate;
oblong surface, rough back, sunk line near edge. Traces
of relief pattern on one side. Gr. fr. ¾″×⅝″.

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