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pothi, document on leather

Or.8211/1387

ink on leather

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Title

Document on Leather

Find site

Niya

Measurement

height 4.7 centimetres, width 25.3 centimetres

Material

ink on leather

Description

Scope and content : This is a complete, but much discoloured and rotted document on leather. The Kharosthi scripts at the front of the tablet are cursive, black and partly deleted.

Institution

British Library

Date

undated

Provenance

Stein 1900-01

Find site identifier

Niya

Stein site number

N.xv.42

Find site description

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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