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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

N. xv. 28. Oblong tablet, obtusely pointed at one end; hole near pointed end. Obv. 1 l.+2 ll.+1 l. Khar., very faint; part faded. Rev. 2 ll. in several separate items; faint. 5¾″×1⁵⁄₁₆″. Bleached and split at one end.

N. xv. 29. Document on leather, in 2 pieces; fragmentary. Obv. blank. Rev. Date in 1 short l. Khar., with numerals, cursive, clear. 6¼″×2⅜″.

N. xv. 30. Wedge under- (?) tablet; hole near point. Obv. Bleached and surface perished; no writing visible. Rev. Traces of char. at sq. end. 13⅜″×2¼″. Hard, but surface perished in part; bleached.

N. xv. 31. Wedge cov.-tablet; broken at point. Obv. Seal cav. 1⅜″ from sq. end; string in cavity. Bleached, perished, and cracked all over. Rev. 2 ll. Khar., cursive, fine, clear. Part towards point bleached and deleted. 7¼″×1³⁄₁₆″׳⁄₁₆″. Portion of Rev. seems to have been screened from damp, sun, and sand, which have warped, bleached, and abraded the Obv. and part of Rev.

N. xv. 32. Wedge cov.-tablet; hole at point. Obv. Seal cav. 1¼″ from sq. end. All surface bleached and peeling. Rev. 1 l. Khar., very cursive. Surface part bleached and peeled. 8⅜″×1²⁄₁₆″×¼″. Hard.

N. xv. 33. Oblong tablet, tapering to both ends. Obv. 2 columns of 3 ll. each, and 1 l. in addition; very cursive Khar., distinct. Rev. 2 columns of 3 ll. each+1 l.+1 l. Khar., very cursive. 7⅜″×1⅝″. Well-preserved. Broken at one end.

N. xv. 34. Slip of wood, Chinese char. on Obv.; burnt at one end. 3⅜″×⅜″. Well-preserved. See Pl. CXII.

N. xv. 35. Rectang. cov.-tablet. Obv. Seal cav. ⅝″×⅝″, with one string-groove only. Blank. Rev. blank. 3⅜″×1¹⁄₁₆″׳⁄₁₆″. Perfectly preserved. See Plate CV.

N. xv. 36+170. Wedge under-tablet broken in 2 pieces (belongs to N. xv. 119); hole near point. Obv. 4 ll. Khar., very cursive and indistinct. Rev. 1 l. Khar., faded. 8¾″×2¼″. Surface soft.

N. xv. 37. Slip of wood, Chinese char. on Obv.; fragment. 5″׳⁄₁₆″. Well-preserved. See Plate CXIII.

N. xv. 38. Rectang. cov.-tablet; cracked at one end. Obv. Seal cav. with seal intact (see Pl. LXXII), representing rude head in profile to L. p. Mane-like hair, high cheekbones, moustache. Above seal 2 ll. Khar., black, cursive. Below seal and reverse way up, 1 l. Khar. Rev. 4 ll. Khar., very black and clear. 4″×2″×⅜″. Well-preserved.

N. xv. 39. Rectang. under-tablet, fragment. Obv. 4 ll. Khar., cursive, clear, lowest line partly broken away. Rev. blank. 6⅜″×1⅜″. Wood well-preserved.

N. xv. 40. Wedge cov.-tablet; broken at point. Obv. 2¼″ from sq. end, seal cav., 1 l. Khar. at sq. end; well written and very clear. Few char. at opposite side of cav. Usual char. towards pointed end. Stained with

pink. Rev. blank. 10″×1⅝″×¼″. Wood perfectly N. xv. preserved.

N. xv. 41. Rectang. cov.-tablet. Obv. Seal cav. 1″×1¼″. Transversely at top, 2 ll. Khar., very cursive and clear. Rev. 7 ll. Khar., very cursive, fairly clear. 4¼″×3¹⁄₁₆″×⅜″. Perfectly preserved.

N. xv. 42. Document on leather; complete. Obv. 5 ll. Khar., very cursive, very black. Rev. 3 items in Khar. 10″×2″ (average). Much discoloured and rotted.

N. xv. 43. Document on leather, fragment. Obv. 8 ll. Khar., cursive, black, part deleted. Rev. blank. 2¾″×3⅜″. Rather buckled and perished.

N. xv. 45. Rectang. under-tablet; unusually thick. Obv. 5 ll. well-written Khar., clear in places, but in some quite deleted. Surface bleached and cracked at one corner. Rev. bleached, cracked, and partially peeled. 5⅜″×1⅝″×¼″. Perished at Rev. from exposure.

N. xv. 46. Wedge cov.-tablet; fragment. Obv. Seal cav. 1³⁄₁₆″ from sq. end. String in original arrangement remains. Traces of Khar. char. at sq. end. Rev. Traces of numerals along lower edge. 6¼″×2¼″×⅜″. Bleached, perished, and cracked. Portions of bark round cav. show method of crossing string.

N. xv. 47. Wedge under-tablet(?); fragment. Obv. 3 ll. Khar., cursive, fairly clear, with initial formula. Rev. 1 l. from sq. end. 6″×1⅜″. Fairly preserved.

N. xv. 48. Wedge under-tablet(?); fragment. Blank both sides. 9″×1⅝″. Sand-encrusted, soft and much broken.

N. xv. 50+200. Rectang. under-tablet; fragment in two pieces. Obv. Seal cav. 1″ sq. Upper portion missing. Lower transversely 6 ll. Khar., cursive, fine, black. Rev. 4 ll. Khar. (imperfect), very cursive, black and clear. 3¼″×3⅜″׳⁄₁₆″. Well-preserved.

N. xv. 51. Wedge cov.-tablet; fragment. Obv. 1 l. Khar. between sq. end and seal cav.; fine and black. Rev. 2 ll. Khar., cursive, fairly distinct. 2⅜″×1⅝″×1¼″. Discoloured and susceptible to damp.

N. xv. 52. Wedge under-tablet; fragment. Obv. 4 ll. Khar. (incomplete), cursive, black and clear; with initial formula. Rev. 2 ll. from sq. end; probably written by different hands. 4″×2¼″. Wood perfectly preserved.

N. xv. 53. Slip of wood, Chinese char. on Obv. 4¾″×¼″. Well-preserved. See Pl. CXIII.

N. xv. 54. Oblong tablet; hole at one end. Obv. 3 ll. Khar., cursive, faded but fairly clear. Rev. 2 ll. Khar., cursive, faded and part deleted. 4⅜″×1⅝″. Wood perfectly preserved.

N. xv. 55+81. Oblong tablet, fragment in 2 pieces. Obv. 5 ll. Khar., cursive, part deleted. Rev. blank. N. xv. 55. 9″×1¾″; wood perfectly preserved. N. xv. 81. 6⅜″×¾″. Warped and bleached.

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