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Section V.—LIST OF OBJECTS FOUND OR EXCAVATED AT CHARCHAN
AND VÂSH-SHAHRI

OBJECTS FOUND AT, OR OBTAINED FROM, CHARCHAN SITES

Char. 001. Pottery fr. from neck of vase, hand-made, of ill-levigated clay, hard-fired on an open hearth. Slightly everted lip with well-moulded rim. On shoulder, traces of incised orn. 3⁵⁄₁₆″ × 2″ × ⅜″.

Char. 002. Pottery fr., hand-made, of ill-levigated clay, fired on an open hearth. 2⁵⁄₁₆″ × 1⅛″ × ⅜″.

Char. 003. Pottery fr., wheel-made; body of pale yellow colour, exterior face light red. 2⅜″ × 1⁷⁄₁₆″ × ³⁄₁₆″.

Char. 004. Pottery fr. of handle, hard-fired ill-levigated red clay, orn. with vertical band of single circles between two border lines. Length 1⅜″.

Char. 005. Pottery fr., hand-made, of ill-levigated clay, hard-fired on an open hearth, orn. with single incised line; interior of fr. red; faces black. Gr. M. 1⅜″, thickness ⅜″.

Char. 006. Pottery fr., hand-made, of ill-levigated clay, dark red with black exterior face. Much sand-worn. 2⅜″ × 1⁵⁄₁₆″ × ⅜″.

Char. 007. Pottery fr., hand-made, of ill-levigated clay, fired on an open hearth, dark red with black exterior face. Much sand-worn. 2½″ × 1⅛″ × ³⁄₁₆″.

Char. 008. Lapis-lazuli pendant, flat triangular, broken through suspension hole near apex. H. 1⅜″.

Char. 009. Bead of white jade, oblong, flat-sided and round-edged. Found 21. xi. 06. ⅜″ × ⅜″ × ¼″.

Char. 0010. Agate bead, half lentoid, white and brown. Found 21. xi. 06. Diam. ⅜″ to ³⁄₁₆″.

Char. 0011. Cornelian bead, spheroid, chipped, artificially striped with white as Yo. 00125 and Khot. 02. q. and r. Found 21. xi. 06. Diam. ⁷⁄₁₆″.

Char. 0012. Pear-shaped glass pendant, pale blue, now iridescent. Broken at hole. Found 21. xi. 06. ⁷⁄₁₆″ × ⁵⁄₁₆″ × ³⁄₁₆″.

Char. 0013. Turquoise matrix, irregular fr. Found 21. xi. 06. Gr. M. ⁵⁄₁₆″.

Char. 0014. Bronze hinge for tongue of strap-buckle. At end, two eyes for axis; tongue missing. Hollow behind with two rivets for attachment to strap. Found 21. xi. 06. 1⅜″ × ⅜″.

Char. 0015. Loop of bronze buckle, D-shaped, hollow behind, with two rivets for attachment to belt. Found 20. xi. 06. ⅞″ × ⁷⁄₁₆″.

Char. 0016. Loop of bronze buckle, like Char. 0015. Three rivets. Found 20. xi. 06. 1″ × ⅜″.

Char. 0017. Bronze strap-link (?). Rectang., flat, with oblong hole. No rivets. Found 20. xi. 06. ¹⁰⁄₁₆″ × ³⁄₁₆″.

Char. 0018. Strip of bronze widening at each end. Towards one end, triangular hole; at other, short tongue in middle and short pointed projection each side. Cf. L. A. 0051. Found 20. xi. 06. 2¹⁄₁₆″ × ⅜″ to ⁵⁄₁₆″ × ⅛″.

Char. 0019. Part of bronze buckle. Flat square plate with oblong opening. Edges bevelled. Behind flat, with rivet at each corner (two broken). Cf. Char. 0015. Found 20. xi. 06. 1⁵⁄₁₆″ × 1⁵⁄₁₆″ × ³⁄₁₆″.

Char. 0020. Fr. of plate bronze. Two edges intact, meeting at acute angle, others broken. On face solid boss, pierced laterally and round it ring in low relief. Outside pattern (or letters?) in low relief. Found 20. xi. 06. Gr. M. 1⅛″, thickness ¹⁄₁₆″.

Char. 0021. Fr. of plate bronze with (broken) hoop at one end. Part of buckle. Found 20. xi. 06. Gr. M. 1⅜″.

Char. 0022. Nodule of iron ore, prob. meteoric (?). 1″ × ⅜″.

Char. 0023. Blown glass fr., opaque green. Gr. M. ⅜″.

OBJECTS FOUND OR EXCAVATED AT VÂSH-SHAHRI SITE

V.S. 001. Pottery frs. in two pieces (joined) from circular cover (?). Hand-made, of ill-levigated clay and fired on an open hearth, orn. with concentric bands of stamped orn. chiefly produced by blunt four-toothed stamp; one band of single stamped circles occurs. 4⅜″ × 2⅜″ × ⅜″. Pl. IV.

V.S. 002. Pottery fr., dark red-burning clay, hand-made; orn. with incised horizontal bands, below and above which is sharp-pointed comb-drawn festoon pattern, inverted, above bands. 3⅜″ × 2⅜″ × ⅜″.

V.S. 003. Pottery fr., brownish-grey clay, hand-made, fired on an open hearth, incised orn. of curves radiating from oval; prob. lotus-flower. 3⅜″ × 2⅜″ × ⅜″.

V.S. 004. Pottery fr., hard-fired, hand-made; dark red clay with black face (worn), orn. with incised wave pattern. 2⅜″ × 1⅜″ × ⅜″.

V.S. 005. a-i. Nine blown-glass frs., opaque jade-green. Found 30. xi. 06. Gr. M. 1⅜″, thickness ¹⁄₁₆″.

V.S. 006. a-b. Two blown-glass frs., opaque green, imitating jade, from necks of vessels. A crinkled ribbon of glass (⅜″ and ⅜″) applied to each. Found 30. xi. 06.

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