Title: Letter
Date: late 4th century AD
Location: Northern Afghanistan
Materials: ink on leather; with clay sealing
Dimensions: 10.9 x 18.8cm
Accession Number: DOC 75
Other Notes:
Bactrian document; recto: 10 lines + 4 lines; verso: 3 lines (address). Complete letter, found rolled and sealed; sealing intact.
The letter is from Khol Aramigan and is addressed to Nawaz Khahrugan. It relates to the possible exchange of a good mule for a concubine.
Bibliography:
N. Sims-Williams, Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan II, Studies in the Khalili Collection, volume III, part II, London 2007, Document cf, pp.78–9.
N. Sims-Williams, Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan III, Studies in the Khalili Collection, volume III, part III, London 2012, Document cf, p.21, pls 140–41.
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