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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

along it. Each time that end of cord passes over stick,
it is brought back through previous loop, so that loops
themselves are intertwined. Broken at each end. Prob.
to take ends of cords in making rush mats or in netting.
Stick 5¾″ × ¾″ diam., rope ⅛″ to ³⁄₁₆″ diam. Pl. LIV.

T. W. 005. Iron skewer with ring-handle, as T. XII. a.
0026. Pin flat as T. W. 007; edge much corroded.
Length 4⅛″, width of pin c. ¼″.

OBJECTS FOUND AT WATCH-TOWER T. II

T. II. 001. a-d. Misc. bronze and iron-frs.
(a) Bronze arrow-head, type of T. 007; sides plain, well
preserved. Length 1¼″.
(b) Iron arrow-head, type of T. 007; with tang, made
in one; sides plain; corroded. Length 1⅜″.

OBJECTS EXCAVATED AT WATCH-TOWER T. III

T. III. 001. Wooden seal-case, type C; see T. VIII. 5.
V-shaped groove ³⁄₁₆″ wide × ¼″ deep, cut lengthways in
tops of ends; stained red. 1⅜″ × ⅝″ × ⁵⁄₁₆″.

T. III. 002. Fr. of matting (?) made of strings of coarse
brown fibre. The strings, coming alternately from left
and right, are passed round a cord at right angles to their
direction, and the two ends of each are then twisted
together; cf. T. XXVII. 0023. Ragged. c. 5½″ × 2″.

OBJECTS EXCAVATED AT FOOT OF LIMES WALL, E. OF T. III

T. III. i. 001. a. Fr. of iron reaping-hook; back
slightly curved, with inner cutting edge. Found 8. iii. 07.
4½″ × 1″ to ¹¹⁄₁₆″ × ⅛″.

T. III. i. 001. b. Fabric frs., found 8. iii. 07 embedded in
Limes wall N. of T. III, include: 1 fr. buff silk, fine,
plain; 2 frs. green silk, plain; 1 fr. olive green silk, plain;
1 fr. buff hemp fabric; 1 fr. string braid tied round curved
stick; and handful of raw silk. Gr. length (hemp fabric)
10½″.

OBJECTS FOUND ON SURFACE AT WATCH-TOWER T. IV. A

T. IV. a. 001. Bronze bossed button; behind, two
hoops for attachment; one broken, condition otherwise
good; cf. N. XXXV. 004. Found by Rai Rām Singh,
16. iv. 07. Diam. 2″.

OBJECTS EXCAVATED AT WATCH-TOWER T. IV. B

T. IV. b. 001. Bronze arrow-head, type T. 007; sides
plain, remains of iron tang; condition good. Length 1⅛″.

T. IV. b. 002. Fabric frs., including one fr. of buff hemp (?)
fabric, ten frs. of plain buff silk, and one fr. each of dark
brown, greenish blue, and bright red; all ragged. Gr.
length (buff silk) 1′ 2″

T. W. 006. Iron rod; broken both ends, sq. in section,
much corroded. 4½″ × ³⁄₁₆″ sq.

T. W. 007. Iron skewer with ring handle, as T. XII. a.
0026. Pin broad and flat like knife blade, handle round in
section. Length 3⅜″, gr. width of pin ⅜″. Pl. LIV.

T. W. 008. Fr. of string shoe-sole; string coiled flat
and sewn together by transverse thread. 4″ × ⅞″.

T. W. 009. Piece of eroded wood, worn into
ridges by action of wind and sand. Gr. M. 1⅝″.

(c) Thin iron rod, corroded. Length 2″, diam. ¹⁄₁₆″.
(d) Head of iron instrument for extracting nails, as at
back of modern hammer; a curved two-prong fork, prongs
high and narrow, meeting at sharp angle; corroded.
Length 1″, width ⅜″.

T. III. 003. Reed straw specimen, from fascines of
Limes wall.

T. III. 004. Pottery fr., wheel-made, of grey-burning red
clay, fairly well levigated, fired on an open hearth and
'smothered'; on grey-black outer face 'mat-marking'.
Other examples: T. 0016, 0022; XII. 1-3. Gr. M. 2½″.

T. III. i. 002. Wrought iron chisel with short cutting
edge; broken at other end. Throughout, it narrows to
one side, along which runs a slight and irregular flange.
Found 8. iii. 07. 2⅜″ × ⅝″ × ³⁄₁₆″ to ³⁄₈″.

T. III. i. 003-004. Two frs. of iron rods, bent; sq. in
section; prob. shafts of cross-bow arrows. Found 8. iii.
07. Length 4⅜″ and 3″, width ³⁄₁₆″ sq.

T. III. i. 005. End of wooden bar with oblong hole
(1⅛″ × ⅝″) stopped with rag of buff canvas; wood rotten.
5″ × 2″ × ⅝″.

T. IV. a. 002. a-c. Misc. iron frs.: a. Disc-headed iron
nail, stem sq. in section. Length 1⅜″, diam. of head ⅝″.
b. Curved iron staple(?). Diam. ½″. c. Rectang. iron
staple (?). Diam. ⅜″. Found by Rai Rām Singh, 16. iv. 07.

T. IV. b. i. 001. Wooden seal-case, type C; see T. VIII. 5.
1⅝″ × ⅝″ × ⁵⁄₁₆″.

T. IV. c. 002. Fr. of buff woollen (?) fabric, coarse,
plain weave. 2″ × 1⅜″.

T. IV. c. 003. Fr. of tanned leather (goatskin?), from
an edge of which hair has not been completely removed.
2″ × 1″.