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Or.8212/99(4)

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

String, possibly used to tie the Sogdian Ancient Letter 2.

Date

313 to 314

Find site

Dunhuang Limes

Measurement

width 18 centimetres

Language / script

not applicable

Description

Scope and content : String originally used as a tie, possibly associated with Or.8212/99(1) (T.XII.a.ii.2), but not mentioned in Stein's description.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Stein 1906-8

Find site identifier

DHL.

Stein site number

T.XII.a.ii.?

Find site description

Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.

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