"Chinese-Roman" foot measure cast
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One of two "Chinese-Roman" foot measure plaster casts, size (7/8-inch x 7/8-inch x 5/16-inch), of fragment of wooden linear measure, from Asthana, Chinese Turkestan, A.D.667-706. Face incised with 6 subdivisions. Reverse face, at end, incised with a Chinese character (Roman fot of 11.67", decimally divided by Chinese). Original now in the Central Asian Museum of Antiquities at New Delhi, India
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- Category:
- Weighing & Measuring
- Object Number:
- 1936-606/1
- credit:
- Director General of Archaeology in India
