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paper fragment

Or.8212/166

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

Judeo-Persian letter from Dandan-Uiliq

Date

300 to 900

Find site

Dandan Uiliq

Measurement

height 45.5 centimetres, width 38 centimetres

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1900-01

Find site identifier

DanU.

Stein site number

D.XIII.

Find site description

Situated between the Khotan and Keriya rivers, and approximately 50 miles north of Domoko which is on the southern arm of the Silk Road.

Excavation history : Stein excavated here between 19 Dec. 1900 and 3 Jan. 1901 (see Stein 1907: 237-303).

Short description : Dandanuiliq: between the Khotan and Keriya rivers

Utas, BoThe Jewish-Persian fragment from Dandan-UiliqOrientalia Suecana17123-1361968 [1969]

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