Details
Details
Nov. 4
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
Physical Description
Trapezoidal shape.Recto: 22 lines, Verso: 16 lines, 2 lines of postscript
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Content
This is the bride’s copy of the marriage contract of Ot-tegin and Chat in the form of a letter addressed by Ot-tegin to Chēr, Chat’s adoptive father. It corresponds to the Document of Consent (γολοβοστογο) mentioned in Document Uv. In it, the terms of separation are laid out. Of special interest is the clause that if the bride is taken by enemies and sexually offended, the husband shall release her.
Dates
- The Gregorian calendar: 27 April 711 (0711)
- None: the 10th year of (the rule of) King Tarkhūn, the month Masvōghīch, the day Asmān-rōch
People
Publications
- Livshits, Vladimir A. 2015. Sogdian Epigraphy of Central Asia and Semireche’e. tr. Tom Stableford, ed. Nicholas Sims-Williams. London. (Pages: 17-37)
Related Shelfmarks
IEDC Data
938
10/01/2025
Contact
invisible_east@ames.ox.ac.uk (Please include the above permalink when contacting the editorial team about this Text)