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Sogdian Ancient Letter 2 from Nanai-vandak to 'the noble lord Varzakk' in Samarkand concerning news in China.
Date
313 to 314
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height 42 centimetres, width 24.3 centimetres
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Scope and content : This has brown silk from the inner wrapper stuck to it and traces of a hemp outer covering. See Or.8212/99(1-4) for remaining parts of this document and wrappers. Published: Reichelt ii p11, plates II, VI, VII, VIII; Serindia ii p.776, plates CLIII, CLIV.
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T.XII.a.ii.2
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Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.
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