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tablet
;
書板
(Chinese)
Object Type
tablet
書板
(Chinese)
Museum number
1928,1022.199
Description
Clay funerary tablet made of grey clay, probably unfired. The background was first painted black and the inscription was then added in red.
Cultures/periods
Tang dynasty
唐代
(Chinese)
Production date
667
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
Sir Marc Aurel Stein
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Astana (China)
Excavated/Findspot:
阿斯塔納
(Chinese)
Materials
clay
粘土
(Chinese)
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Height:
51 centimetres
Width:
58.40 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Stein 1928, p.697: “Ast.v.1.07. Inscribed burnt clay slab from entrance to tomb. Surface painted grey black, and divided by fine buff lines into twenty columns filled with Chinese inscription in red; see App.A. Red border round whole. Broken in three, but in good condition and legible except near break. 20” x 22¾”. Pl.LXXIV.”
Bibliographic references
Stein 1928 / Innermost Asia: detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Iran
(p.697; vol.III, pl.LXXIV)
Whitfield 1985 / Textiles, Sculpture and Other Arts
(fig.114)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Named in inscription:
Fan Yonglong 范永隆
Acquisition date
1928
Acquisition notes
For full acquisition history, see 1928,1022.1.
Department
Asia
Registration number
1928,1022.199
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
Ast.v.1.07
(Stein no.)