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Near the shore and near camp H. 106.
9/3—31.
K. 13426. Bronze buckle, oval with two sym-
metrically arranged openings for the
strap. The tongue is hinged to the strong middle
part. 50×45 mm. Pl. 30:2.

At the shore near camp H. 106. 9/3—31.
K. 13427. Crossbow mechanism of bronze. The
main body is 122×33×42 mm. The
straight trigger is 83 mm. long. The two bolts
have cubical heads. One side has green verdigris,
the other brown desert patina (just as is the case
with most of the Lop-nor bronzes found on the
surface of the ground). Pl. 29:18.

Find between the western and the middle
one of the three freshwater bays at N
Lop-nor. 12/3—31.
K. 13428. Oblong rough knife or unfinished
point of green flint. 59×18 mm. Pl.
5:2.

500 m. W of the ruin T'u-ken. 2/3—31.
K. 13429:1-2. Two pieces of sheet bronze, from
a vessel?

Find on the E side of the easternmost of
the three freshwater bays in the Lop-nor.
17/3—31.
K. 13431:1. Small flake of grey flint.

K. 13431:2. Piercer made of a flake of yellow
flint or agate. L. 27 mm. Pl. 4:7.

K. 13431:3. Thin coup-de-poing or bifacial
blade of brown flint. 66×35×10
mm. Pl. 5:1.

Find about 3 km. SSE of T'u-ken.
(Marked 433 on the map Fig. 37).
2/3—31.
K. 13432. Bronze buckle identical with K. 13426.
48×43 mm. Pl. 30:3

150—200 m. W of K. 13432. 1/3—31.
K. 13433. Bronze arrow-head, triangular with
hexagonal shank. Much corroded. 28×
10 mm. Pl. 30:14.

Above shore cliff E of Great Lop-nor,
about 84 km. E of Lou-lan station.
23/3—31.
K. 13434:1. Bronze arrow-head, three-winged
with round body. The wings are
rather small, with blunt edges and ending in a
very blunt point. Between two of the wings the
body has a shallow, triangular depression. An iron
tang has been inserted in a hole in the base. L.
49 mm. Diam. 9 mm. Pl. 30:15.

K. 13434:2-5. Four bronze tubes with a strong
hook near the closed end. Mount-
ings for the ends of canopy ribs of wood. L. 42
mm. Diam. 7 mm. —:2 Pl. 30:6.

7. YING-P'AN.

Ying-p'an is situated on the border between the Lop-nor and the Quruq-tagh
regions. On the way from Shindi to Tikenliq, in April 1928, one afternoon was spent
there, and the ruins of stupas as well as the circumvallation were visited. Kozlov had
discovered them in 1893, and they had afterwards been searched by Stein. I did not
undertake any excavation. Near to the east of the circular fortress a few pottery
fragments were picked up from the ground together with the small bronze buckle
Pl. 15:2.

Afterwards, when I had returned to Shindi, Abdurahim handed over a bronze
mirror to me as a present to Dr. Hedin, his old master. Abdurahim had found
this mirror (Pl. 15:4), which is of a common type with dragon and tiger motif,
near the graves excavated by Stein. His statement as to its origin is completely
reliable.

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