Sogdian: Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nov. 4
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Nov. 4
Gold (given following external peer review through journal/book publication)
Sogdian (Sogdian script)
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Physical Description

leather
Trapezoidal shape.Recto: 22 lines, Verso: 16 lines, 2 lines of postscript
13.5
15.5

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)

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IEDC Data

938
10/01/2025

Citations

Nicholas Sims-Williams
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Contact

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