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N. xvii. Under-tablet. *Obv.* 6 ll. Khar., cursive, well-written; very black and clear. Slightly insect-eaten. *Rev.* blank. Perfectly preserved. 7⅝″ × 2⁷⁄₁₆″. See Pl. CIV.

N. xvii. 4. **Wedge cov.-tablet,** much broken; point missing. *Obv.* Seal cav. 2⅜″ from sq. end. Traces of writing on both sides of cav. Remains of seal. *Rev.* 1 l.

Khar., fragmentary, black, cursive. 11³⁄₁₆″ × 2⅛″ × ⅜″. Very rotten, discoloured, and sand-encrusted.

N. xvii. 5. **Stick-like tablet,** fragment. *Obv.* (flat) 1 l. Khar., cursive, coarsely written, much faded. Surface cracked and perished. *Rev.* (round) blank; bleached. 6¼″ × ⅝″.

OBJECTS EXCAVATED IN N. VII.

N. xviii. **N. xviii. 1. Oblong tablet,** obtusely pointed at one end. Hole near point, not central. Traces of Khar. char. on both sides (cf. N. xviii. 3). 3½″ × 1⅛″. Perished, curled, and bleached.

**N. xviii. 1. b. Stick-like tablet;** hole near pointed end. *Obv.* (flat) 3 ll. Khar., broken by intervals (cf. N. xviii. 3). *Rev.* (round) blank. 5″ × ⅝″. Well-preserved.

**N. xviii. 2. Stick-like tablet;** hole at one end. *Obv.* (flat) 4 ll. Khar., very finely written. Broken by intervals, forming vertical columns (cf. N. xviii. 3). *Rev.* (round) faint traces of characters 1″ from hole. 6⅞″ × ⅞″. Soft, rather perished at one end.

**N. xviii. 3. Stick-like tablet,** hole at pointed end. *Obv.* 3 ll. Khar., fine, rather indistinct. Lines broken by intervals, items ranging in vertical columns. *Rev.* blank. 5″ × ⅝″. Well-preserved.

**N. xviii. 4. Wedge cov.-tablet,** hole near point. *Obv.* Seal cav. 1⅛″ from sq. end. 1 l. Khar. (faint) between sq. end and cav. Usual char. near hole. *Rev.* 2 ll. Khar., very cursive; fairly clear in middle. 7½″ × 1⅛″. Wood hard.

**N. xviii. 5. Oblong tablet;** hole at top to R. p. *Obv.* 3 ll. Khar., columnar, faint. *Rev.* 1 l. faint. (Cf. N. xviii. 3.) 4⅜″ × 1³⁄₁₆″. Soft, but apparently complete.

**N. xviii. 6. Oblong tablet;** hole below to R. p. *Obv.* (?) Faint traces of Khar. characters. *Rev.* Transversely (opposite end to hole) 3 ll. Khar., very cursive. 5⅛″ × 1½″ × ⅜″.

**N. xviii. 7. Oblong tablet,** obtusely pointed at one end, sq. at other, near which hole. Khar. char. very faint, and apparently very irregular, written on both sides. 8″ × 1⅛″. Rather perished.

**N. xviii. 8. Wedge under-tablet;** hole near point. *Obv.* 2 ll. Khar., cursive, with initial form. *Rev.* Traces of char. at sq. end. 7½″ × 1⅛″. Well-preserved.

**N. xviii. 01. a. Two wooden disks,** irregularly circular, diam. 2″, about ⅜″ thick in centre, thinner at edges; two holes in each about ⅝″ apart. Joined by cord passing through holes, ends of cord cleverly 'put away'; looks as if it might have been used as a dead eye. See Pl. LXX.

**N. xviii. 01. b. Piece of knotted hemp** (?) cord, similar to that used in (a).

**N. xviii. 01. c. Piece of coarse woollen fabric,** dark-grey and dirty-white. Probably portion of saddle-bag.

**N. xviii. 01. d. Portion of cotton** (?) cloth, with simple diaper pattern. Some edges neatly hemmed. Joined in one place by oversewing.

**N. xviii. 01. e. Portion of plain cotton** (?) cloth.

**N. xviii. 01. f. Portion of plain cotton** (?) cloth dyed reddish-brown (Indian *majit* colour). All fabrics much perished and insect-eaten.

**N. xix. 1. Wedge under-tablet;** hole near point. *Obv.* Encrusted with sand and straw. Khar. char. visible where wood is exposed. *Rev.* Encrusted as Obv. No writing visible. 14½″ × 2″. Wood hard; large piece split off from sq. end; this end charred. See Pl. C.

**N. xix. 2. Wooden mousetrap.** Consists of a piece of wood 16″ × 4″ in its broadest part × ¾″, shaped somewhat like a tailor's sleeve-board, but smaller and more tapering. Through the broad end is pierced a round hole 1³⁄₁₆″ in diam., and round about it are drilled 4 pairs of smaller holes. Near the thinner end is another small hole. These small holes were evidently intended to hold pegs, probably for adjusting the necessary tackle, bait, &c., and the remains of two pegs are still present. A shallow groove runs along one face of the instrument from the wider end almost to the thinner, crossing the large hole centrally. Well-preserved. See Pl. LXXIII.

OBJECTS FOUND IN N. VIII.

N. xx. **N. xx. 1. Takhti-shaped tablet;** trapezoid-shaped handle, pierced with large hole. *Obv.* (handle to L. p.) 3 ll. carefully written but badly faded Brāhmī. Encrusted with sand. *Rev.* (handle to L. p.) 2 short ll. Khar., cursive, from handle. 11½″ × 1⅝″. Wood soft.

**N. xx. 2. Wedge cov.-tablet;** hole near point. *Obv.* 2⅛″ from sq. end. Seal cav. (small); on both sides 1 l. Khar., very cursive and faint. Usual char. at hole. *Rev.* blank. 13½″ × 2¾″. Extremely well-preserved.