Period:Unknown Production date:2ndC BC(late)-2ndC(late) (circa)
Materials:wood
Technique:painted
Dimensions:Height: 2.20 centimetres Width: 1.20 centimetres Depth: 1 centimetres
Description:
Oblong wooden block with a decoration painted in ink (?). The decoration consists of two cross-diagonals, the resulting four spaces are filled with one dash each. The use of this object is unclear but it was probably meant to be made into a block-seal.
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![图片[1]-seal(?) BM-MAS.831-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01086463_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-seal(?) BM-MAS.831-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01086464_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-seal(?) BM-MAS.831-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01086465_001.jpg)
![图片[4]-seal(?) BM-MAS.831-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01086466_001.jpg)
Comments:Stein, Serindia, pp. 599, 780, 786: “T.XXVIII.d-g. Four oblong wooden blocks, plain sides and ends; prob. for making dice or seals. See T.XII.a.ii.005, XXVII.15. Good condition. Length 7/8 inch to 1 1/8 inch, diam. 7/16 inch to 13/16 inch.”
Materials:wood
Technique:painted
Dimensions:Height: 2.20 centimetres Width: 1.20 centimetres Depth: 1 centimetres
Description:
Oblong wooden block with a decoration painted in ink (?). The decoration consists of two cross-diagonals, the resulting four spaces are filled with one dash each. The use of this object is unclear but it was probably meant to be made into a block-seal.
IMG
Comments:Stein, Serindia, pp. 599, 780, 786: “T.XXVIII.d-g. Four oblong wooden blocks, plain sides and ends; prob. for making dice or seals. See T.XII.a.ii.005, XXVII.15. Good condition. Length 7/8 inch to 1 1/8 inch, diam. 7/16 inch to 13/16 inch.”
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