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LOT 0832
Bactrian Manuscript of an Order to Meyam's Servant
5TH-8TH CENTURY A.D.
3 in. (1.16 grams, 77 mm).
A possibly complete document written on leather, recto with four lines of Avestan cursive script; verso blank; wide bottom margin with diamond-shaped hole to accept seal string; likely an order rather than a letter due to lack of formal address. [No Reserve]
Provenance
David Lindahl, Sweden, 2001.
Collection of Bruce Ferrini, USA
Central London gallery.
Property of a UK collector.
For UK buyers only.
Published
Sims-Williams, N., Bactrian Documents II: Letters and Buddhist Texts, (Studies in the Khalili Collections, volume III), London, The Nour Foundation, 2012, pp.24, doc.xs, p.166-167, and Bactrian Documents III: pl.214.
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