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# Kohl-stick

Cast, copper alloy kohl or antimony rod with a flat, slightly pear-shaped head, a similarly shaped eye cut out at the top and a small pentagonal finial at the apex. Both sides are decorated with arabesques. Only the top of the square shaft survives.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1000–1199 CE
- **Place:** Kāpiśī (34.9800, 69.3000)

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