Leather cover, 200-400 AD. Museum no. LOAN:STEIN.74 (L.B.IV.v.0025).

Leather cover
Central Asia
200-400 AD
Tanned leather
Diameter 17 cm
Museum no. LOAN:STEIN.74 (L.B.IV.v.0025)
On loan from Government of India and the Archaeological Survey of India

This leather piece has an impressed circular shape which reveals its last use as cover tied over a pot or a similar object. It is slightly discoloured with a light red tone inside. The leather cover was discovered in the ruins of a house about a mile from a Buddhist shrine. The architectural features, such as decorative wood-carvings in quasi-classical style, were particularly well-preserved.