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0154 On Ancient Central-Asian Tracks : vol.1
中央アジア踏査記 : vol.1
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condition in which those left undisturbed by later 'treasure-
seeking' visitors were found, left no doubt as to this large
apartment having served as an office. That it was that of
some local official became clear later on from an examina-
tion of the tablets. Their variety in respect of size and shape
was remarkable. The wedge-shaped tablets reappeared
again, but in numbers they were far surpassed by inscribed
boards of wood, all of oblong form, but showing great varia-
tions in detail and arrangement. Some of them were of con-
siderable dimensions, up to thirty inches in length. The
great majority showed plainly, by the irregular arrangement
of their writing, in small columns often ending with numeri-
cal figures; by the appearance of various handwritings,
erasures, etc., that they did not contain texts or even
connected communications, but in all probability memo-
randa, accounts, drafts and other casual records.
Two series of oblong tablets largely represented among
the finds of this room showed far greater regularity and care
in writing but were none the less puzzling at the time of
their discovery. One series consisted of tablets of rectangular
shape, from four to sixteen inches in length, with a raised
rim resembling a margin at the narrower sides of their
single inscribed surface (Fig. 39). The initial line of writ-
ing ordinarily contained figures preceded by Prakrit words
which I soon made out to mean "in the year . . . month . . .
day". Obviously I held in my hands regularly dated docu-
ments. The other series consisted of rectangular tablets,
smaller in size, with rarely any writing on their flat reverse,
while the obverse, in its raised centre, invariably showed a
square or oblong socket, obviously intended for the in-
sertion of a seal, together with a transversely written line