Accession No.:

2011.3775
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Description

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: 4508
Label reads: written on birch bark 5 century AD

Notes

Alan Cole
This 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.

Language

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Associated Parties

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Place of Creation

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Creator

Date Created

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Collection

Buddhist

Series

Antiquities

Object Type

Fragment

Category

Fragment

Materials

birch bark

Dimensions

w: 15, h: 23, d: -