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Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/3

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/18(1)

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/23

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/30

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/50

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/57

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/58

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/64

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/65(1)

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/66(1)

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/68

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/70(1)

Item type paper fragment
Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Title Sanskrit manuscript fragment.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/72(1)

Item type paper fragment
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Title Manuscript booklet mainly in Old Turkic in…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/75(A)

Item type booklet
Finely written Hṛdayasūtra (Heart Sutra) in Tibetan. Account of military staff in Old Turkic in Kok (Runic) Turkic script on other side.

Title Finely written Hṛdayasūtra (Heart Sutra) in Tibetan.…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/77

Item type manuscript
manuscript

Title manuscript

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/79

Item type paper fragment
no image available

Title Buddhist manuscript fragment with Vessantara Jātaka in…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/80(A)

Item type Fragment
Manuscript fragment with Sogdian Buddhist text.

Title Manuscript fragment with Sogdian Buddhist text.

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/80(B)

Item type scroll
Sogdian manuscript fragment with part of the tale of Rustam. There is a line of Chinese on verso.

Title Sogdian manuscript fragment with part of the…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/81

Item type paper fragment
Fragment with Sogdian text on one side and Chinese on the other. The Sogdian is probably the same text as Or.8212/83.

Title Fragment with Sogdian text on one side…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/82

Item type paper fragment
Fragment of a scroll with a Chinese Buddhist text on one side and a Sogdian text on other. Possibly same Sogdian text as Or.8212/82.

Title Fragment of a scroll with a Chinese…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/83

Item type scroll
A rare example of Zoroastrian literature in Sogdian, with part of the Ashem vohu, a prayer from the Avesta.

Title A rare example of Zoroastrian literature in…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/84

Item type paper fragment
no image available

Title Manuscript containing Dhyana in Sogdian with Chinese…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/85

Item type scroll
Letter in Sogdian from a Christian priest to a Turkic Government official in Shazhou. Sutra in Chinese on other side

Title Letter in Sogdian from a Christian priest…

Material manuscript, ink on paper

Pressmark Or.8212/86

Item type scroll

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Buddhism 22 Manicheanism 6 Sponsored 5 Christian 3 Social and Economic 3 letter 3 paper fragment 3 Astronomy and Divination 2 Official 2 Illustrated 1 Literary 1 Prayers 1 Zoroastrian 1
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