Deed of the Gift of an Estate and of a Female Slave

Location: Northern Afghanistan

Materials: ink on leather; with clay sealing

Dimensions: 34.5 x 46.6cm

Accession Number: DOC 10

Other Notes:

Bactrian document; recto: 23 lines (open copy) + 22 lines (open copy); verso: blank. Almost complete. One section of the document was originally concertina folded and sealed with two sealings, of which one and the string of the other survive.

Bibliography:

N. Sims-Williams, Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan I, Studies in the Khalili Collection, volume III, part I, revised edition, London 2012, Document T, pp.98–105.
N. Sims-Williams, Bactrian Documents from Northern Afghanistan III, Studies in the Khalili Collection, volume III, part III, London 2012, Document T, p.16, pls 67–72.