All Collections
Previous Next
Back to Collection

Letter from Bakhtrifarnah to Chithrachardata

IA 24 | Bactria | mid-fourth century BC

Print Download

Artwork Details

Title: Letter from Bakhtrifarnah to Chithrachardata

Date: mid-fourth century BC

Location: Bactria

Materials: ink on dark leather

Dimensions: 7.2 x 27.7cm

Accession Number: IA 24

Other Notes:

The letter, which is not dated, concerns donkeys that should be sent immediately to a certain Zrvagavathya. The correspondents are of equal rank.

Script:

written in Official Aramaic

Bibliography:

J. Naveh & S. Shaked, Aramaic Documents from Ancient Bactria (Fourth Century BCE), London 2012, no.B4, pp.152–6.

Related Artworks

Tally, with Patiyara from Abudi

T 4
Bactria

Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant

IA 1
Bactria

Small Document, Perhaps a Label

IA 15
Bactria

Letter from Bakhtrifarnah to Chithrachardata

IA 24
Bactria

List of Supplies for Bayasa (Bessus)

IA 21
Bactria

Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant and the Magistrates

IA 6
Bactria

Tally, with Taitaka from Gauza

T 1
Bactria

A Long List of Supplies Disbursed

IA 17
Bactria

Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant

IA 4
Bactria

Tally, with Nafavazata from Uparivana

T 16
Bactria

Tally, with Khshathraka from Gauza

T 11
Bactria

Tally, with Vikanu from Abudi

T 10
Bactria

Fragmentary Document

IA 28
Bactria

List of Supplies

IA 22
Bactria

Sealed Document Announcing the Dispatch of Sheep

IA 20
Bactria

Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant

IA 3
Bactria

Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant

IA 5
Bactria

Zoom

Close

Khalili Collections Logo

Share this page