Keywords: Textile fragment from Loulan Xinjiang China.jpg en Fragment of textile or carpet from Loulan Xinjiang province China dated to 3rd-4th century AD The wool fragment was retrieved from a refuse heap in Loulan Xinjiang China by the Hungarian-British archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein in 1906-1908 The object was among those discovered by Stein's second Central Asian Expedition partially financed by the governments of India and of Great Britain The finds were divided between the two countries Image of the fragment courtesy of the British Museum London British Museum http //www britishmuseum org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details aspx objectid 228725 partid 1 searchText xinjiang fromADBC ad toADBC ad titleSubject on numpages 10 images on orig 2fresearch 2fsearch_the_collection_database aspx currentPage 2 unknown weaver 3rd century-4th century PD-old-100 Loulan Archaeological textiles |