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Or.8212/188

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

manuscript

Date

400 to 1000

Measurement

height 11.5 centimetres, width 26.3 centimetres

Language / script

Middle Persian (lang.)

Description

Scope and content : recto: Zhang-zhung in tibetan script, 86ll, no sentence breaks, a few clear 'shad'. beginning torn off, bottom also, but may continue to verso. verso: 8ll of Zhang-zhung. l.1 is short followed by blank space, a few lines may be missing before l.1. blank space between l.1 and l.2. L.2-8 are long: the first and last characters are covered by the backup paper. 73 columns of Chinese (Buddhanama-Sutra), beginning and end missing chinese clearly written over the Zhang-zhung (i.e. Zhang-zhung was written before the Chinese)

Institution

British Library

Stein site number

H.B.ii.1

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