Objects of Daily Life found along the Dunhuang Limes

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).

© 1999 Daniel C. Waugh