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Or.8212/609

manuscript, ink on paper

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Title

manuscript

Find site

Yutogh

Language / script

Chinese (lang.) Chinese (script)

Institution

British Library

Date

undated

Provenance

Stein 1913-16

Find site identifier

Yut.

Stein site number

Yut.06

Find site description

A small site among the ruins of Tuyok, 16 miles east of the Khara-khoja site in the Turfan area on the northern arm of the Silk Road. (Innermost Asia map no. 28, D. 3)

Maspero, HenriLes Documents Chinois de la Troisieme Expedition de Sir Aurel Stein en Asie CentraleLondonThe Trustees of the British Museum1953A catalogue of the documents and fragments brought back by Sir Aurel Stein from his third expedition into Central Asia. Maspero describes 607 Chinese items, which fall into the series between Or.8212/200 and Or.8212/855. He divides the items by site, and within each site, by period. There are separate (and very full) introductions to each section. Each entry has a sequence number, which does not correspond to the items' numbers in the Or.8212 series.DH/CCA/cataloguecollections_en

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