Or.8212/92(1)
manuscript, ink on paper
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Sogdian Ancient Letter 1 written by Miwnay, a Sogdian woman abandoned in Dunhuang by her merchant husband Nanai-dhat and sent to her mother Chatis.
Date
313 to 314
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height 25 centimetres, width 40.9 centimetres
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Description
Scope and content : Reichelt, H. 'Die soghdischen Handschriften des Britischen Museums.' Heldelberg 1928-31, plates 1, VI; Whitfield and Sims-Williams 2004: 249. Framed with fragments Or.8212/92(2), (3), (4) and 3 strings (Or.8212/92(5)) originally used to tie letter (Serindia plate CLIII) Pub.: Reichelt ii p7, Serindia ii p.776, plates CLIII, CLV.
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DHL.
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T.XII.a.ii.1
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Chinese Han-dynasty defensive structures (walls, forts, beacon towers etc) runnning north of Dunhuang in the Gobi desert.
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