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

leather
Trapezoidal shape. Recto: 23 lines, Verso: 9 lines
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22.0

Content

This document is a lease of three mills for a year from King Dēwāshtīch to Mākhyān. It is dated to the first year of King Dhēwāshtīch, when he took the title “Sovereign of Samarkand, King of Sogd”.

Dates

  • The Gregorian calendar: 4th April 721 or 4th April 722 (0722)
  • None: the first regnal year of Dhēwāshtīch, the month Zhimtīch, the day Āpwakh

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Publications

  • Livshits, Vladimir A. 2015. Sogdian Epigraphy of Central Asia and Semireche’e. tr. Tom Stableford, ed. Nicholas Sims-Williams. London. (Pages: 44-52)

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IEDC Data

940
10/01/2025

Citations

Nicholas Sims-Williams
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