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Table 1 Information concerning the Kaiyuan Tongbao coins from Lafu Queke (blank space represents not measured), TSP: tombs with a sloping path; BG: burials on the ground; CVS: catacombs with a vertical shaft

From: A glimpse into the monetary supply network of the Tang empire in the seventh century CE: archaeometallurgical study of Kaiyuan Tongbao coins from Lafu Queke cemetery, Xinjiang, Northwest China

Lab No

Burial No

Tomb

Structure

Archaeological context

OD (cm)

ID (cm)

Wt (g)

HM1

2019HLM3:2

M3

TSP

150 cm to the west wall

2.5

0.7

4.67

HM2

2019HLM9:1

M9

TSP

On the sloping path

2.4

0.65

4.31

HM3

2019HLM11:5

M11

BG

Southwest corner

2.4

0.6

3.66

HM4

2019HLM12:2

M12

BG

Out of the east side

2.4

0.7

3.08

HM5

2019HLM24:2

M24

CVS

Near the mouth of female

2.4

0.7

3.97

HM6

2019HLM34:3

M34

TSP

Near the right arm of male

   

HM7

2019HLM34:4

M34

TSP

Near the legs of female

2.5

0.7

3.73

HM8

2019HLM37:1

M37

CVS

In the mouth of male

2.4

0.7

3.85

HM9

2019HLM42:3

M42

TSP

In the center of the tomb

2.5

0.7

3.9

HM10

2019HLM42:5

M42

TSP

Near the hand of male

2.5

0.7

3.55

HM11

2019HLM42:8

M42

TSP

Northeast corner

2.5

0.65

4.33

HM12

2019HLM44:2

M44

TSP

On the top of head of female

2.4

0.7

3.24

HM13

2019HLM53:1

M53

CVS

In the bottom of coffin

2.3

0.65

3.67

HM14

2019HLM53:2

M53

CVS

In the bottom of coffin

2.4

0.7

3.45

HM15

2019HLM57:4

M57

CVS

Held in the left hand of female

2.5

0.7

4.22