Names
U 175 (TM 339)
Location
It is stored in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences (Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften).
Specification
The fragment consists of three parts. It may be the part of Mainz 174 (Wilkens, №576).
Manuscript: in Old Turkic with small symbols; on B are smaller and of red color.
Paper: thin, light-beige.
Quantity of lines: 4 lines on each in A and B parts.
Designations: B: on the top: symbol Т.М. 339 (pen, last number is seen as 7); A: on the right top corner there is a sticker: U 175.
Characteristics: A: one red dot on both sides of a colon mark.
Size
Distance between lines: 0.9 cm.
4.1 cm (height) x 4.8 cm (width).
Researches
Sertkaya 424 considers, if the letters šad(o)rm(a)zt on 1-2 lines in B are meant as Mar Sad Ohrmizd, the founder of school Denavaria, this fragment can be a part of the hymn devoted to this founder of Manichaeism’s east branch.
Additional information
Depositum der BERLIN-BRANDENBURGISCHEN AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN in der STAATSBIBLIOTHEK ZU BERLIN - Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Orientabteilung.