Title: Contract for the Purchase of an Estate
Date: dated New-year 507 (May–June 729)
Location: Northern Afghanistan
Materials: ink on leather; with clay sealing
Dimensions: 72.3 x 26.5cm
Accession Number: DOC 55
Other Notes:
Bactrian document; recto: 40 lines (closed copy) + 45 lines (open copy); verso: blank. Complete and well preserved. One section originally rolled and sealed with three sealings which have survived intact.
Bibliography:
N. Sims-Williams, Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I, Studies in the Khalili Collection, volume III, part I, revised edition, London 2012, Document V, pp.116–125.
N. Sims-Williams, Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan III, Studies in the Khalili Collection, volume III, part III, London 2012, Document V, p.16, pls 85–90.
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