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silk fragment

IOL Khot 221/2

ink on silk

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Title

Fragment of silk inscribed in Khotanese

Find site

Dunhuang Limes

Measurement

height 4.4 centimetres, width 48.6 centimetres

Material

ink on silk

Description

Scope and content : Fragment of silk inscribed in Khotanese

Institution

British Library

Date

undated

Find site identifier

DHL.

Stein site number

T.XV.a.iii.57

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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