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porcellanous fineness. Incised and relief-ornamented pieces like ɪɪ. vɪ. 88 (Pl.
V) and ɪɪɪ. 178, 265 (Pl. ɪv), were found in considerable number and variety.
Among miscellaneous small objects may be mentioned the terra-cotta head from
an animal figurine, ɪɪɪ. 168 (Pl. v), a large onyx bead, ɪɪɪ. 193 (Pl. x), and a
bronze finger-ring.

Close above Kalandī a small hillock rises to a height of about 100 feet, over-
looking on the north the abandoned area of cultivation known as Zerābād. The
northern slopes of the hillock, as well as its foot on that side and a lower ridge
continuing its line to the north-west, are covered with low stone heaps marking
ruined dwellings of modest size. On a small plateau near the crest the lines of
the walls of a structure, IV, could still be made out. This was selected for
excavation on January 29th, the last day I was able to spare for the site.
The six rooms cleared were divided by fairly solid walls, about 2 feet thick,
built with rough slabs of sandstone. The walls in a few of the rooms
appeared to have been covered with hard plaster. Fragments of this found in
room ɪɪɪ showed faint remains of patterns painted in black and blue tempera
colours. In all the rooms there turned up fragments of glazed pottery, mostly
of the type with incised ornamentation yielded by the kiln remains in ɪɪ and ɪɪɪ.
But in addition to this there were found fragments of superior plain glazed
pottery, including a piece of thin bluish crackled ware suggesting Chinese porce-
lain; also relief-decorated pieces of pottery cast in moulds. Small metal articles,
such as the chain links ɪv. v. 454 (Pl. x), and the object ɪv. vɪ. 477; numerous
small beads of stone and glass, and a piece of thin sheet gold suggested a higher
standard of living for the occupants of these quarters. Two small copper coins
found in room ɪɪɪ have been recognized by Mr. J. Allan as Parthian of the first
century B.C.

The uniformity of the pottery types found over the whole of the site points
to its occupation having been restricted to one period: that this falls within
Muhammadan times is made certain by the numerous graveyards, the extent
and regular lay-out of which indicate a fairly large and settled population.
Mr. Hobson, when dealing in the initial portion of his Appendix A with the
ceramic materials collected in the coastal area of Persian Makrān, has put into
full light the definite chronological evidence afforded by the close agreement of
most of the glazed ware found at Tīz with types of Samarra and Brahminābād
pottery.³ The Samarra pottery belongs to the ninth century and that of Brah-
manābād in Sind cannot be later than A.D. 1020. Hence the prevalence at Tīz of
the identical types and the definite evidence of their having been produced on the
spot conclusively proves the occupation of the site in the ninth to tenth century.