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origin of the curled-up toe of the modern Turkish and Indian
shoe is similar. Sole and uppers are joined by strong
over-sewing. Hole worn in heel and ball of toes; much
sand-encrusted. Length 10″, gr. width 9″.

T. vi. b. i. 0010. Strip of buff felt, faced with two pieces
of coarse woollen fabric, one faded purple, the other blue-
green; fabric sewn down by close-set rows of running
threads. Prob. from upper of shoe. 7⅞″×2⅜″.

T. vi. b. i. 001. Woven string shoe, hemp. Sole has
transverse thick warp on which the weft is woven in
successive elliptical rings; the uppers are 'wrapped-
twined', the pairs of threads being white and buff and the
result a twill pattern. Uppers of toes woven separately of
finer thread, and afterwards joined to the sides; con-
sequently no projecting toe point. Much worn. Length
10″, gr. width 3⅝″.

T. vi. b. i. 0012. Fabric frs., silk, plain weave; including
one fr. of buff silk patchwork, one strip of crimson silk
irregularly dyed, three frs. of coarser reddish-yellow silk
sewn to frs. of buff or greenish-blue silk, and misc.
small scraps buff and brown; much torn and perished.
Gr. M. (buff patchwork) c. 10″. [Analysed by Dr.
Hanausek.]

T. vi. b. i. 0013. Misc. leather and fabric frs. in-
cluding: two frs. of soft buff leather (lambskin?) sewn
together; one strip of yellow felt, doubled and sewn with
red thread; one fr. of coarse loose yellow goat's hair (?)
fabric; bag, or toe of shoe-lining (6⅜″×4″) of coarse buff
hemp (?) fabric; and strip of plain close-woven buff fabric
of which Dr. T. H. Hanausek says: 'Both [specimen]
threads of bast-fibre of a species of the Moraceae, most
probably of Broussonetia papyrifera, L., Vent.: paper
mulberry-tree, of China and Japan.' Cf. for similar
material, T. xvii. 006. Gr. M. (buff fabric) 12⅜″.

T. vi. b. i. 0014. Ninety-eight wooden writing slips,
uninscribed; mostly unbroken. Average length 9″, width
⅜″ to ⅝, thickness 5⁄16″ to ⅜″.

T. vi. b. ii. 001. Small ovoid wooden bowl, lacquered
inside deep red-brown, and outside black. On one of the
long sides near brim is a projecting solid ear, which served
as handle; the opposite side, much broken, shows an
ancient repair by string. Round inside of brim is a painted
border in simple black lines, and one thin yellow line;
outside shows traces of well-executed scroll pattern in red
on black ground. Length 5″, width 3⅜″, height 1⅜″
Pl. LII.

T. vi. b. iii. 001. Wooden bracket; see T. viii. 004.
Short tenon for fixing into wood; tenon and bracket
proper separated by double bevelled collar; bracket
oblong in section with three grooves below and three
along each side; the sides curve up to form usual spiral
end, but this is broken away. Traces of paint. 7⅜″ (tenon
1⅜″) ×2″×1⅜″. Pl. LIV.

T. vi. b. iii. 002. Wooden peg with knob at end;
carefully cut. Length 4⅜″, diam. 5⁄16″, knob ⅜″×5⁄16″ (extra).

T. vi. b. iv. 001. Fr. of rectang. wooden board,
broken lengthwise; rude design in faded ink, perhaps
part of human mouth and nose; cf. T. xxviii. 35. 4 1⁄16″×
1⅜″×⅜″.

T. vi. b. iv. 002. Fr. of thin rectang. wooden board
apparently sq.; near centre, hole c. 7⁄16″ diam.; only one
side smoothed; round edge of this, marks of frame (?); on
face, traces of characters (?) in ink. 4⅜″×3⅜″ (broken) ×⅜″.

OBJECTS EXCAVATED IN QUARTERS OF STATION T. vi. c

T. vi. c. i. 001. Fr. of lacquered wooden bowl; inside
red with marks (perhaps letters?) in black; outside, a sunk
line of brown, then red ground on which are first two thin
lines of black, then part of floral design (?)—ends of long
grass or bird's tail—in black, green, and yellow. 1⅜″×1⅜″
×4⁄16″.

T. vi. c. ii. 1. Early Sogdian wooden doc.; slip
trimmed down R. side, broken away down L. side, inscr. at top
with 4 ll. Sogdian and one char. (5th l.) and rectilinear
diagram below. See T. xii. a, ii. 1-8, L.A. vi. ii. 0104;
and Dr. A. Cowley, J.R.A.S., Jan. 1911, pp. 159 sqq.
10⅜″×1 1⁄16″. Pl. CLVII.

T. vi. c. ii. 001. Wooden bar, sq. in section, keeping at
one end a rectang. return, now broken to ⅜″ length.
Down the stick are three holes filled by close-fitting pegs,
of which the two nearest the end with return are broken
short; the third proves to be the tenon of a flat curved
piece well finished with bevelled edges, projecting on
opposite side from the return. Broken at end. 5⅝″×7⁄16″
×7⁄16″. Cross-piece 2⅜″×⅜″×⅜″.

T. vi. c. ii. 002. Leather tongue made of three to five
strips superimposed and sewn together for half their length.
Unsewn end rounded; sewn end roughly cut off and
showing signs of having been bound round; along each
edge of unsewn half are three semicircular perforations
(for teeth of buckle?). Sewn half shows on one side three
ornamental rows of woollen pile—crimson, dark blue, and
yellow—the wool having been sewn down with buff thread
on to top strip of leather, and ends then cut short; on
other side this half shows remains of red lacquer. Prob.
tongue of saddle or harness strap. 5″×⅜″×1⁄16″. Pl. CX.

T. vi. c. iii. 001. Wedge-shaped wooden block,
painted black except for oblong space left uncoloured upon
one flat side, on which is short Chin. inscr. in black (much
effaced); in top is hole with wooden plug and leather for
fixing string handle (missing). Cf. T. vi. b. 003; viii. 1.
11″×4⅜″×2⅜″ (max.).

T. vi. c. iii. 002. Wooden bracket; see T. viii. 004.
Double hollow above, the concave side being divided into
two smaller curves by a central point; on each side