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2011.3775
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Buddhist scripture fragment, light brown fragment with dark brown text. Three lines of text visible. In glass clip frame,Inscription
Label on back of clip frame reads: 4508Label reads: written on birch bark 5 century AD
Notes
Alan ColeThis is an example of Brahmi written on birch-bark in the 5th century AD. Brahmi is a North Semitic script descended from Aramaic, like most Indian scripts.
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