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Rectangular Tablet (Under-tablet)
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Measurement
depth 0.9 centimetres, height 9 centimetres, width 25.4 centimetres
Material
Language / script
Description
Scope and content : This is a perfectly preserved under-tablet (forms the complete rectangular tablet with Or.8211/1380). The Kharosthi scripts at the front are cursive, faint and partly deleted. There are only a few characters left at the back.
Institution
Date
undated
Historical information
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Niya
Stein site number
N.xxi.4
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The Niya archaeological site is approximately 50 miles north of modern Niya/Minfeng on the southern arm of the old Silk Road.
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