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0370 Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.1
Explorations in Turkestan : Expedition of 1904 : vol.1 / Page 370 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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[Photo] 428 Great Jars found in Outer Digging II.

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feet. Digging was then stopped, and a new shaft was started, 18 paces northeast.
The following night, someone broke open the side of the jar, probably hoping to
find treasure, and removed part of its contents of mixed earth and wood-ashes.
On May 30 this jar was unearthed. A digging about 7 feet square disclosed the
rims of three more jars an inch or two lower, and when the digging was enlarged
to 6 by 7 yards, four more jars came to light at 3 to 6 inches below the surface,
besides another tipped on its side. The work was continued May 31 and June 1,
till all the jars were exposed to the bottom (fig. 428).
Except the one that was tipped on its side the jars stood in two lines, north-
south and east-west, meeting in a corner where two of them had apparently been
slightly displaced. The bottom of the jars stood approximately on a level. The
surface, however, slopes here from east to west, and while five jars along the east