Names
Mainz 403a, b (TM 337, TM 335/M 341).
Location
It is stored in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften).
Specification
The subsequent one after another 2 fragments. The number of missing lines on a junction is not known, except for the torn part’s width.
Manuscript: Old Turkic, turned pale slightly.
Quantity of lines: a: 2 lines on each and one line for heading on both sides; b: 13 lines on each side on both sides.
Designations: a: on the front top symbol: ТМ 337 (pencil); b: in front on the left edge near the lines 8 and 9: symbol ТМ 335 (pencil); between lines 3 and 4: symbol ТМ 341; on front on the right top there are stickers Mainz 403 and ТМ 335, 337.
Characteristics: there is a red dot between the colon mark; headings are separated by flowers.
Size
Distance between lines: 0.7 cm; between heading and the first line: 1.3 cm.
a: 4.4 cm (height) x 7.0 cm (width); b: 9.9 cm (height) x 7.6 cm (width).
Researches
Sertkaya 424 believes, that the fragment “a” with designation ТМ 337 is the top part of the manuscript. L.Clark 422 considers, this fragment is a part of the story “Mentions women”.
Additional information
Depositum der BERLIN-BRANDENBURGISCHEN AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN in der STAATSBIBLIOTHEK ZU BERLIN - Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Orientabteilung.
