Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . Iiy. SMALL ANTIQUES, MAINLY IN METAL, COLLECTED FROM WIND-ERODEDGROUND AT LOP-NOR SITE. Scale, two-sevenths. 1. Wooden comb. 2. Signet ring in bronze. 3, 4, 21. Fragments of bronze mirrors with relievo , 8,19. Metal clasps. 6,11,16. Decorated metal objects of uncertain use. 7. Small bronze bell. 9. Ivory Fragment of bronze buckle, perhaps intended for cloisonn^ work. 12-15. Copper coins of Han ,18. Bronze arrow-heads. 20,22. Lignite seals. 23. Lamp in burnt Il
Ruins of desert Cathay : personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China . Iiy. SMALL ANTIQUES, MAINLY IN METAL, COLLECTED FROM WIND-ERODEDGROUND AT LOP-NOR SITE. Scale, two-sevenths. 1. Wooden comb. 2. Signet ring in bronze. 3, 4, 21. Fragments of bronze mirrors with relievo , 8,19. Metal clasps. 6,11,16. Decorated metal objects of uncertain use. 7. Small bronze bell. 9. Ivory Fragment of bronze buckle, perhaps intended for cloisonn^ work. 12-15. Copper coins of Han ,18. Bronze arrow-heads. 20,22. Lignite seals. 23. Lamp in burnt Il8. LARGE REFUSE HEAP IN CENTRE OF ANCIENT STATION, LOP-NOR SITE, IN COURSE OF , of Abdal, on extreme right ; Ibrahim Beg supervising diggers. CH. XXXIV FINDS IN YA-MEN RUIN 393 tion of the standard measure prevailing in the thirdcentury under the Western Tsin dynasty. As thestandards of measure in Ancient China are known to havevaried a good deal at different periods, and their determina-tion from literary sources is difficult, this find possessesdistinct archaeological interest. By the side of so much evidence of a highly organizedcivilization, it was strange to come upon a small block ofwood which had undoubtedly served for producing fire inthe manner current at all periods among savage one side it showed four charred holes partially sunkthrough the thickness of the wood and communicatingwith the edge by means of flat grooves which wereintended to convey the spark to the tinder. Threadedon a strip of white leather, and still attached to the blockt
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