Han
1 treasures202 BCE – 220 CE
Books & Documents · TT506
Edicts, contracts, registers and palace archives
14treasures
6dynasties
6institutions
In a storeroom lit through lattice windows, wooden shelves hold rows of document cases and cord-tied bundles, the labels on the cases blurred, while iron-clasped wooden chests stand stacked on the floor, topped with thick cord-bound stacks of papers, and the shadow of a tree fades across the wall. Chests, cases and tied bundles evoke the solemn keeping of archives layer upon layer.
202 BCE – 220 CE
220–280
618–907
960–1279
1260–1368
1636–1912