include a broom, an iron hoe, a beating stick, and a pottery jar.Stein published photographs of some of these objects, now housed presumably in the British Museum.
Objects in the first photo include a broom, an iron hoe, a beating stick, and a pottery jar.
Objects in the second photo include a tent peg (top); a measuring ruler (left) marked
in decimal units; a fire starting board with
holes for a fire drill; a lacquered wooden bowl.
The third photo depicts a hemp shoe (upper left), below it the wooden last for a boot,
a key and then a lock (upper right), a
bronze arrowhead (below the boot last), and a candle holder (bottom
center).
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