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Object Type: capital
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: Gandhara School
Cultures/periods: Kushan
Production date: 2ndC-3rdC
Production place: Made in: Gandhara (historic - Pakistan)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Buner; Found/Acquired: Swat Valley
Materials: schist
Technique: carved
Dimensions: Diameter: 16.50 centimetres; Height: 7 centimetres; Width: 26.70 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Zwalf 1996 / A Catalogue of the Gandhara Sculpture in the British Museum (467)
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: Donated by: Capt B C Waterfield
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1902,1002.56

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