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Object Type
Museum number: 1902,1002.56
Description: Quadrant like BM 1902.1002.55. The two leaves each have a damaged drooping lobe and the surviving points flanking them touch those of the adjacent leaf.
School/style
Cultures/periods
Production date: 2ndC-3rdC
Production place: Made in: Gandhara (Pakistan)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Buner; Found/Acquired: Swat Valley
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Diameter: 16.50 centimetres; Height: 7 centimetres; Width: 26.70 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: 1.Grey schist, broken and chipped. 2.Top smooth with cramp mortise to each side and beside each a mason's mark; bottom flat, gashed to one side and curved in front; sides flat and smooth and meeting at a point truncated.
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1902,1002.56

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