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also found a wooden comb with two rows of teeth here (Stein 1921, V. S. 0041).
It is interesting to note that the double-teethed comb shows about the same shape
already at its earliest appearance. The single-teethed comb, on the other hand, attains
many varying shapes. A double-teethed comb from Mohenjo-daro, for instance, of
the third century B. C., shows close affinities with our Pl. 38: 20 (Mackay, Pl.
K, I).

The wooden peg Pl. 38: 21, pointed at both ends, may be a spool for yarn. It re-
calls a specimen from Qara-khoja (Le Coq 1913, Pl. 64 r).

The Vash-shahri Kohna-shahr was apparently abandoned at a period not far re-
moved from the twelfth century. The river at the time of the occupation must have
flowed quite close to the old site, but whether the abandonment was due to the
change in the course of the river or to some other cause is impossible to determine.

LIST OF ANTIQUITIES FROM VASH-SHAHRI

Kohna-shahr. Tati II around camp
23/8 1928.

K. 13346: 1. Chinese coin, T'ien-yüan-chung-pao
(1378—1388). Diam. 26 mm.

K. 13346: 2. Fragm. of Chinese coin with broad
edge. A "Chih" at the top. Possibly
a Chih-tao-yüan-pao (995—998), as the character
is in "grass writing".

K. 13346: 3. Fragm. of Chinese coin with one
and a half illegible characters.

K. 13346: 4. Fragm. of Chinese coin with part
of one of the two characters.
Marked border. Probably a late Wu-ch'u.

K. 13346: 5. Fragm. of Chinese coin, the lowest
character is "Ta".

K. 13346: 6-7. Fragm. of two Chinese coins.

K. 13346: 8. Fragm. of small bronze buckle,
oval.

K. 13346: 9. Fragm. of small bronze object with
a hole through the end.

K. 13346: 10. Bronze ring with slanting sides.
Diam. 22 mm.

K. 13346: 11-15. Five small bronze fragm., fittings
and suchlike.

K. 13346: 16. Seven small bronze fragm., wire,
balls and beads.

K. 13346: 17. Various small bronze fragm. and
refuse from casting.

K. 13346: 18. Flat lead pendant, probably once
rectangular. Decorated with in-
distinct lines. 18×15 mm. Pl. 38: 16.

K. 13346: 19. Small iron fragm. of a knife or the
like.

K. 13346: 20. Small bird figure of paste, light
greenish blue and dark blue. Pierc-
ed with a vertical hole. L. 10 mm. Pl. 38: 4.

K. 13346: 21. White glass bead, spheroid. Diam.
9 mm. Pl. 38: 7.

K. 13346: 22-25. Four small beads of blue glass.
Diam. 7—2 mm. Pl. 38: 8—11.

K. 13346: 26. Small bead of nearly black glass.
Diam. 5 mm. Pl. 38: 12.

K. 13346: 27. Fragm. of honey-coloured glass
bead. Cf. K. 13341: 101. Pl. 38: 13.

K. 13346: 28. Spheroid bead of flamy opal. Diam.
8 mm. Pl. 38: 14.

K. 13346: 29. Cylindrical opal bead. L. 12 mm.
Pl. 38: 15.

K. 13346: 30. A small glass ball and two fragm.
of light-blue glass beads.

K. 13346: 31. Main part of a flat ring of a thick
shell, probably a Quadrula. Diam.
26 mm. Pl. 38: 3.

K. 13346: 32-34. Three fragm. of shells.

K. 13346: 35. Wooden comb with two rows of
teeth, coarse and fine, at opposite
ends. The sides are convex. L. 77 mm. W. at ends
42 mm., at middle 71 mm. Pl. 38: 19.

K. 13346: 36. Wooden comb with two rows of
teeth, coarse and fine, at opposite
ends, both a little damaged. The side parts are
concave. Both sides of the middle part have two

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