The Sogdian fragments of Leningrad

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ID2800664
AuthorsNicholas Sims-Williams (0000-0002-7444-2376, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume44
Issue2
Pages231-240
Publication date1981-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0041977x00138935
OpenAlexW1999354229
LanguageEN
Citations received6

The Leningrad branch of the Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. possesses a collection of nearly 150 Sogdian fragments recovered from various sites in Central Asia between 1893 and 1915. During the first three decades of this century a few texts were published by F. Rosenberg and C. Salemann. Thereafter the collection was for a long time ignored, while Russian Sogdianists turned their attention to the important archive of Sogdian documents discovered in 1933 at Mt. Mugh in Tajikistan. Everyone concerned with the languages and culture of medieval Central Asia will be deeply grateful to A. N. Ragoza, whose efforts have finally resulted in the complete publication of these interesting fragments. Her edition, reviewed here, includes texts, translations, commentary, glossary, and 69 pages of facsimiles

Ancient history · Archaeology · Asian studies · Central asia · China · Genealogy · Glossary · Library science · Linguistics · Classics · Computer Science · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Soviet and Russian History

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