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N. xv. hole at point. *Obv.* 3 (?) ll. Khar., well written; faded.
*Rev.* blank. 3½″×1⅜″. Perished.

**N. xv. 7. Wedge cov.-tablet;** hole at point. *Obv.* Seal
cav. 2¹⁄₁₆″ from sq. end. 1 l. Khar. between sq. end and
cav. Usual char. at point. *Rev.* 1 l. Khar., cursive.
8″×1⅜″. Well-preserved.

**N. xv. 8. Wedge cov.-tablet,** frags. of string in cav.
*Obv.* Seal cav. 2″ from sq. end. 1 l. Khar. between sq.
end and cav. *Rev.* blank. 12⅜″×2⅜″. Well-preserved;
much encrusted with sand.

**N. xv. 10+86+190. Rectang. tablet,** complete, found in
3 pieces. Cov.-tablet (N. xv. 190). *Obv.* Seal cavity 1⅜″
×2¼″×⅜″. At L. p. edge 2 ll. Khar. transversely, finely
written. Traces of 2 ll. on R. p. edge. *Rev.* 5 ll. Khar.,
well-written. 7½″×4″×⅜″. Soft, discoloured, and sand-
encrusted.
Under-tablet broken into 2 pieces (N. xv. 10+86).
*Obv.* 13 ll. Khar., with several numerals, cursive, black,
neatly written. *Rev.* Transversely, 8 ll., and after interval
8 more ll., Khar. very cursive and badly written by
different hands. 9½″×4″. Hard and well-preserved.

**N. xv. 11. Wedge tablet;** hole near point. *Obv.* 3 ll.
Khar., cursive, partly deleted. *Rev.* blank. 7¹⁄₁₆″×1⅜″.
Much perished.

**N. xv. 12. a, b. Wedge tablet,** complete; hole at
point. Cov.-tablet. *Obv.* Seal cav. 2⅜″ from sq. end;
remains of seal clay and string. 1 l. Khar. between sq.
end and cavity, very cursive. Usual char. about 1″ from
hole. *Rev.* 3 ll. Khar., very cursive.
Under-tablet. *Obv.* 4 ll. Khar., very cursive, distinct,
with initial formula. *Rev.* blank. 9½″×1⅜″×1⅜″ (both
together). Well-preserved.

**N. xv. 13. Wedge cov.-tablet,** broken at sq. end; hole at
point. *Obv.* Seal 2″ from sq. end; seal clay and string
remain. Khar. char. at square end; fragmentary; char.
traceable on opposite side of cavity. *Rev.* 2 ll. Khar.,
cursive, faint, 2nd l. partly deleted. 9½″×2¹⁄₁₆″×¾″.
Well-preserved.

**N. xv. 14+27. Oblong tablet,** tapering to one end, in
two fragments. *Obv.* Traces of about 5 ll. very cursive
Khar., mostly illegible. *Rev.* Traces of several ll. Khar.,
cursive, fragmentary; one l. partly legible. 9⅜″×3¼″×¼″.
Surface perished by damp in N. xv. 14; one side hard in
N. xv. 27.

**N. xv. 15. Wedge under-tablet;** hole at point. *Obv.*
4 ll. Khar., cursive, part faded; with initial formula.
*Rev.* Few char. at sq. end. 9½″×1⅜″. Well-preserved.

**N. xv. 16. Wedge under-tablet** (belongs to N. xv. 26);
hole near point. *Obv.* 3 ll. Khar., very cursive, faded;
with initial formula. *Rev.* Few char. from square end.
9½″×1⅜″. Well-preserved.

**N. xv. 17. Wedge cov.-tablet;** hole near point; square
end chipped. *Obv.* Seal cav. 1⅜″ from sq. end. Few
char. Khar. at sq. end. *Rev.* 1 l. Khar., cursive, fine,
faded, towards sq. end. 10″×2¹⁄₁₆″×⅜″. Well-preserved,
but appears to be sand-abraded.

**N. xv. 17. a. Wedge under-tablet;** hole near point.
*Obv.* 4 ll. Khar., very indistinct and in parts quite faded;
probably initial formula. *Rev.* Traces of 2 or more ll.
from sq. end. Near centre incised Svastika, about 1″×¾″.
8¾″×2¾″. Bleached and abraded.

**N. xv. 18. Wedge cov.-tablet;** broken at point. *Obv.*
1⅜″ from sq. end, seal cav., 1 l. Khar. at sq. end, cursive,
fine, faded. *Rev.* 1 l. Khar. from sq. end, similar.
7⅜″×1⅜″×⅜″. Perished and very soft.

**N. xv. 19. Wedge cov.-tablet;** fragment. *Obv.* Seal
cav. 1⅜″ from sq. end, contains clay and string. 1 l.
Khar. at sq. end, cursive, fine, faded. *Rev.* blank. 5¹⁄₁₆″
×2¼″×⅜″. Soft.

**N. xv. 20. Rectang. cov.-tablet;** fragment. *Obv.* Seal
cav. 1″×1⅜″. Traces of Khar. char. transversely at L. p.
edge. *Rev.* 5 ll. Khar. (1st has upper portion broken
away), fine, cursive, faint. Lower edge and corner burnt.
4″×1¹⁄₁₆″×⅜″. Rather soft.

**N. xv. 20. a. Oblong tablet;** hole at one end. *Obv.*
Traces of many characters, faded. Most of surface
bleached. *Rev.* Traces of 3 ll. Khar. at one end, cursive,
faint. 7⅜″×1⁵⁄₁₆″. Hard, but bleached and abraded.

**N. xv. 22. Wedge cov.-tablet,** fragment; broken at
point. *Obv.* Seal cav. 1⁵⁄₁₆″ from sq. end. A few traces
of characters. *Rev.* Traces of 1 l. Khar. (?); surface split
and perished. 5⅜″×1½″×¹⁄₁₆″. Perished, soft, and
cracked.

**N. xv. 23+150. Oblong tablet,** broken in two pieces.
*Obv.* 3 ll. Khar., well written, faint in N. xv. 23, and
almost entirely faded in N. xv. 150. *Rev.* blank. 5⁵⁄₁₆″
×2¼″. Soft.

**N. xv. 24. Wedge tablet,** complete. Cov.-tablet remains
intact, clay seal and strings in cavity 1⅜″ from sq. end.
Seal (see Pl. LXXI), 1¼″×1⅜″, shows, deeply impressed
from intaglio, profile figure of Athene Promachos standing
to L. p. On sq. setting remains of Khar. legend in relief.
1 l. Khar., black at sq. end. *Rev.* 3 ll. Khar., cursive,
nearly all very clear and fresh. Surface badly smoothed
and knotty.
Under-tablet. *Obv.* 3 ll. Khar., cursive, but clear, with
initial formula. *Rev.* A few char. near sq. end. Wood
hard and well-preserved. Rather sand-encrusted outside.
9⅜″×2⅜″×⅜″ (covering-tab.), ¾″ (under-tab.). See
Pl. IC.

**N. xv. 26. Wedge cov.-tablet** (belongs to N. xv. 16);
hole at point. *Obv.* Seal cav. 1⅜″ from sq. end. Clay
and string remain in cav. 1 l. Khar. at sq. end, very
cursive. Traces of char. at opposite side of cav. Usual
char. about 1″ from point. *Rev.* 1 l. Khar. from sq. end
very cursive and blotted. 10″×1⅜″×⅜″. Perfectly pre-
served.