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Or.8212/166, Commercial letter written in Judeao Persian (parchment)

Or.8212/166, Commercial letter written in Judeao Persian (parchment)
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Or.8212/166, Commercial letter written in Judeao Persian (parchment)
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Persian School, (8th century) / Persian
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British Library, London, UK
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Or.8212/166. Judeao-Persian document. Commercial letter written in Judeao Persian (i.e. New Persian written in Hebrew). The letter references trading in sheep and textiles and raises the possibility of a Jewish trading community along the Silk Road. Was discovered in the ruins at Dandan-Uiliq, where there had been a Buddhist monastery and garrison, deserted around the end of the 8th century. It is possibly the oldest document to be written in early New Persian.

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From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
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8th century / document / judeao persian / hebrew / persian / new persian / trade / trading / silk road / letter / parchment / text / handwritten / handwriting / 8th century / fragment

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