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  T II T 14 [408]
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T II T 14 408

The Early Middle Ages.

Names

T II T 14

Location

The fragment is lost.

Specification

Manuscript: the front side is in Old Turkic, the back side is in Chinese.

Paper: soft, tan, fibrous, with aqueous stains.

Quantity of lines: 31 lines on the front side.

Characteristics: the majority of lines consist of only two symbols. The word "taš" in line 30 written with greater symbols.

Words are separated by means of colon; the end of the sentences is marked with double colons.

Size

25.0 cm (height) x 13.3 cm (width).

Researches

V.Thomsen 594 conducted researches. L.Clark422 claims that is the fragment of "Qualities of Five Precious Stones".

Full-text information
1.Konkordanz der in Katalogen beschriebenen Mainz-Fragmente. Stand: 11.08.2005
2.Wilkens J. Alttürkische handschriften. Teil 8. Manichäeisch-turkische texte der Berliner Turfansammlung.
3.Clark L. Chapter III. The Turkic Manichaean Literature. //Emerging from darkness. Studies in the Recovery of Manichaean Sources. Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies.
4.Sertkaya O.F. Fragmente in alttürkischer Runenschrift aus den Turfan-Funden. //Runen, Tamgas und Graffiti aus Asien und Osteuropa. 1985.