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wood tablet

Or.9268(B)

ink on wood

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Title

A legal contract concerning adoption of a boy written on a double wooden tablet.

Date

300 to 900

Find site

Dandan Uiliq

Material

ink on wood

Description

Scope and content : This was acquired by the British Consul-General in Kashgar, N. Fitzmaurice, Esq., and presented to the British Museum on 14 July 1923. It is probably from around Dandan-Uliq. Transcription, translation and text in Konow 1939: 21-24. Skjaervo 2002.

Institution

British Library

Provenance

Fitzmaurice 1922-3

Find site identifier

DanU.

Find site description

Situated between the Khotan and Keriya rivers, and approximately 50 miles north of Domoko which is on the southern arm of the Silk Road.

Excavation history : Stein excavated here between 19 Dec. 1900 and 3 Jan. 1901 (see Stein 1907: 237-303).

Short description : Dandanuiliq: between the Khotan and Keriya rivers

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