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Brep, old fort of (Noghóro-dôk), 46 sq. ;
pottery found at, xxii.
brick-kiln, ancient, 405 ; rarity of brick-
kilns in Tārim Basin, 406.
bricks : burnt, 307, 615, 629, 1133.
sun-dried, measurements of : in
Tun-huang Limes watch-towers, 737
n. 14 ; elsewhere, (Noghóro-dôk) 47 ;
(Kansir) 69 ; (Pisling) 76 ; (Khākān-
ning-shāhri) 81 ; (Puski) 91 ; (Lan-
gliu) 96 ; (Rawak) 129 ; (Niya) 239 ;
(Endere) 278, 281, 283 sq. ; (Chur-
chan) 301 ; (Tatran) 304 ; (Yalghuẕ-
dong) 305 ; (Vāsh-shahri) 307 ; (Lou-
lan) 376, 390 sq., 399, 405 ; (Merdek-
tim) 453 ; (Mirān) 457, 493, 512 sq.,
533-5, 537 ; (Kuan-tsou) 627 ; (Turfān
sites) 1156, 1163 sq. ; ('Ming-oi')
1185 ; (near 'Ming-oi') 1226 ; (near
Inchike River) 1235 ; (near Waiskram-
mazār) 1265 ; (Mazār-tāgh) 1285 sq. ;
(Chong-tim) 1307 sq. ; (Arach) 1311 ;
(Nūra Tim) 1322.
record of manufacture by soldiers on
Limes, 639 ; 'fatigue' statements re-
lating to, 755.
See also wall-construction.
brickwork, mod. Chinese, 1121 n.
bridge over Gilgit River, 58 ; indications
of, in Tangi-tar gorge, 79 ; rope
bridges, 56 n.
bridge of musical instrument, fr. of, 1469.
British Museum, portion of collection
allotted to, xv.
British Museum staff, help of, xx.
British Museum Trustees, co-operation
of, viii.
brocade, see silk.
bronze objects found : armour (?), frs.,
(Niya) 221, 247, 250, 257 ; arrow-
heads, see s.v. ; bands, ornamented
(Lou-lan) 398, 1221 ; lamp,
(Lou-lan) 428, 437 ; (Nan-lu) 630 ;
(Tun-huang) 767 ; (Chong-tim) 1315 ;
(Kelpin) 1314 ; bell, decorated, (Shih-
pan-tung) 588 ; belt-catch, cast, (Tun-
huang) 784 ; birds, see s.v. ; bolt,
(Lou-lan) 377, 434 ; bosses, (Vāsh-
shahri) 316 ; (Lou-lan) 393, 428 sq.
(see also bosses) ; bronze-covered lump,
(?) lead, (Khotan) 121 ; brooch (?)
frs., (Kelpin) 1313 ; (Chong-tim) 1315 ;
buckles, or frs., (Yōtkan) 118 ; (Kho-
tan) 100, 124 ; (Niya) 248 ; (Endere)
292 ; (Charchan) 315 ; (Vāsh-shahri)
317 ; (Lou-lan) 393, 428 sq., 439,
441 ; (Tun-huang) 599, 771, 788 ;
(Nan-lu) 630 ; (Mazār-tāgh) 1293-5 ;
(Kelpin) 1313 sq. ; (Chong-tim) 1315 ;
Buddha figs., see s.v. ; buttons, (Yō-
kan) 118 ; (Khotan) 100, 121 ; (Niya)
268 ; (Lou-lan) 393, 430 ; (Tun-
huang) 630 ; (Kudughun) 1314 ;
camel, (Khotan) 123 ; cast bronze
frs., (Kuan-tsou) 631 ; cast bronze
open-work, (Lou-lan) 393, 429 ;

chip, (N. of Lop-nōr) 367 ; chisel,
(Niya) 213 ; cup, fr., (Lou-lan) 404,
448 ; dagger fr., (Lou-lan) 393,
428 ; dagger-blade binding, (Endere)
290 ; discs, (Khotan) 124 ; (Domoko)
201 ; (Niya) 221, 250, 265 ; (Endere)
290, 292 ; (Mirān) 476 ; (Nan-lu)
630 ; (Ulūgh-mazār) 1269 ; (Chong-
tim) 1315 ; dish fr., (Lou-lan) 433 ;
dome-shaped piece, (?) mace-head or
button, (Khotan) 124 ; ear-rings, see
s.v. ; flower rosette, (So-yang-ch'êng)
1106 ; foil, leaf-shaped, (Mazār-tāgh)
1291 ; gold-plated cast object, (Yōt-
kan) 100, 119 ; 'goose-eye' coins,
(Lou-lan) 432 ; 'grelot' bells, (Niya)
257, 268 ; (Endere) 292 ; (Lou-lan)
393, 430, 432 ; (Kuan-t-ou) 631 ;
hair-pins, (Vāsh-shahri) 317 ; handle,
(Kine-tokmak) 133 ; handle, fr., (?)
(Kudughun) 1314 ; harness frs., (Lou-
lan) 384, 393, 429 sq., 437 ; (Nan-
hu) 630 ; holder with silk tassel,
(Ch'ien-fo-tung) 946 ; holdfast, (Niya)
268 ; hook, (Lou-lan) 428 ; hook and
eye, (Lou-lan) 429 ; hoop, (Niya) 257 ;
Janus head, (Yōtkan) 100, 119 ;
knife (?)-blade, (N. of Lop-nōr) 367 ;
knife-handle, (Yār-khoto) 1168, 1175 ;
loop-handle, (Lou-lan) 429 ; loops,
(Lou-lan) 393, 430 ; lump, (Khotan)
121 ; (Lou-lan) 431 ; male fig., (Kho-
tan) 100, 123 ; miniature (? Tib. tea-
pot), (Domoko) 201 ; mirror frs.,
(Khotan) 121 ; (Kine-tokmak) 133 ;
(N. of Lop-nōr) 367, 451 ; (Lou-lan)
392, 428, 430-2, 441, 449 ; (Tun-
huang) 767, 788 ; (So-yang-ch'êng)
1106 ; misc. frs., (Yōtkan and Khotan)
100, 124 ; (Ak-terek) 145 ; (Niya)
252 ; (Endere) 282, 290, 292 ; (Char-
chan and Vāsh-shahri) 315, 317 ;
(Lou-lan) 395, 432, 437, 444, 449 ;
(Nan-lu) 631 ; (Kuan-tsou) 631 ;
(Tun-huang) 640, 768 ; (Lachin-āẕ-
mazār) 1269 ; (Ulūgh-mazār) 1269 ;
(Kelpin) 1313 sq. ; (Kudughun) 1314 ;
(Chong-tim) 1315 ; nail-head, (Kho-
tan) 124 ; (Lou-lan) 430, 446 ; nails,
(Ak-terek) 145 ; (Niya) 268 ; (Endere)
290 ; (Lou-lan) 428, 432 ; ('Ming-oi')
1189 ; (Ulūgh-mazār) 1269 ; orna-
ments, or frs., (Yōtkan) 115 sq.,
118 sq. ; (Khotan) 100, 121, 123 sq. ;
(Ak-terek) 145 ; (Niya) 265 ; (Lou-
lan) 384, 429, 437, 440 ; (Kelpin)
1313 sq. ; (Chong-tim) 1315 ; orna-
ments, appliqué, (Yōtkan and Khotan)
100, 122 ; (Endere) 290 ; (Mazār-
tāgh) 1294 ; ornaments, open-work,
(Nan-lu) 630 ; (Yār-khoto) 1168,
1175 ; pendants, see s.v. ; pins, (Do-
moko) 201 ; (Lou-lan) 440 ; plaques,
(Lou-lan) 429, 439 ; plate bronze frs.,
(Niya) 268 ; (Endere) 290 ; (N. of
Lop-nōr) 367 ; (Lou-lan) 430, 449 ;

(Tun-huang) 769 ; plates, or frs.,
(Khotan) 124 ; (Niya) 256 ; (Endere)
290, 292 ; (Lou-lan) 429, 440 ; (Mirān)
476 sq., 479 sq., 482 ; (Nan-lu) 630 ;
(Chong-tim) 1315 ; rings, see s.v. ;
rivet-head, (Lou-lan) 428, 431 ; rivet-
stones or frs., (Lou-lan) 428-31, 449 ;
(Mazār - tāgh) 1293-5 ; (Kelpin)
1313 sq. ; (Chong-tim) 1315 ; rivets,
(Niya) 247, 256 ; (Endere) 290 ; (Lou-
lan), 428, 431, 434, 437 ; (So-yang-
ch'êng) 1106 ; rivets, on leather ar-
mour scales, (Mirān) 464, 482 ; rivets,
on plates, (Mirān) 476 sq., 479 sq. ;
rods, or frs., (Domoko) 201 ; (Niya)
247, 266 sq. ; (Lou-lan) 428, 430-2 ;
(Nan-lu) 630 ; (Tun-huang) 788 ;
(Kelpin) 1314 ; seals, (Yōtkan) 118,
120 ; (Khotan) 121-4 ; (Jiya) 127 ;
(Kine-tokmak) 133 ; (Khādalik) 168 ;
(Niya) 248, 268 sq. ; (Kelpin) 1306,
1313 ; (Kudughun) 1306, 1314 ; sheet
bronze, (Endere) 291 ; (Tun-huang)
767 ; sheet of, in place of feathers, on
arrow-shaft, (Mazār-tāgh) 1288, 1294 ;
slag, see s.v. ; spatulas, see s.v. ; spear-
head, (N. of Lop-nōr) 367 ; spear-point,
(N. of Lop-nōr) 368, 451 ; spoons, or
frs., (Khotan) 100, 124 ; (Niya) 256,
267 ; (Mirān) 477 ; (Nan-lu) 630 ;
statuettes, (Yār-khoto) 1174 ; (Kara-
khoja) 1176 ; stilt bronze, (Niya) 1173,
1174 ; stiletto (?), (Lou-lan) 440 ;
strap-link (?), (Charchan) 315 ; strap-
loops, (Lou-lan) 384, 393, 430, 437,
440 ; strap-rings, (Lou-lan) 384, 393,
429 sq., 437 ; strips, (Lou-lan) 429 sq.,
441 ; (Tun-huang) 788 ; (Farhād-
Bēg-yailāki) 1256 ; (Ulūgh-mazār)
1270 ; studs, or frs., (Khotan) 122,
124 ; (Endere) 290 ; 292 ; (Lou-lan)
428 ; tang, (Niya) 268 ; terminal,
(Lou-lan) 384, 436 ; tongue, (Lou-
lan) 449 ; tongue, narrow pointed,
(Lou-lan) 439 ; tubing, frs., (Kuan-
tsou) 631 ; (Kelpin) 1314 ; (Chong-
tim) 1315 ; washer-shaped object,
(Khotan) 121 ; weights, see s.v. ; wire,
(Ak-terek) 145 ; (Domoko) 201 ;
(Niya) 247, 256 sq., 266, 268 ; (En-
dere) 289, 292 ; (Vāsh-shahri) 317 ;
(Lou-lan) 429 sq., 432, 440 ; (Kara-
dong) 1243 ; (Farhād-Bēg-yailāki)
1256 ; (Ulūgh-mazār) 1269 ; (Chong-
tim) 1315 ; wire chain, (Lou-lan) 439.
brooch (?), see bronze.
brooms : grass, (Khādalik) 160, 191 ;
(Niya) 252, 265 ; (Lou-lan) 393, 443 ;
(Tun-huang) 597, 787 ; (Farhād-Bēg-
yailāki) 1247, 1256, 1260 ; split cane,
handle, (Tun-huang) 681, 778.
Broussonetia papyrifera, or paper mul-
berry fibre, see s.v. ; fibres, frs.,
(Tun-huang) 650, 712, 720, 770,
784 sq. ; bark used in early Chinese
paper, 650.

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