5th-8th century AD. A fragment of a mancript, recto bearing ten iplete lines of cursive script on leather; verso blank; apanied by notes detailing the history and significance of such texts. Sims-Williams, N., Bactrian Documents II: Letters and Buddhist Texts, London, The Nour Foundation, 2007 (Studies in the Khalili Collection, III. Corp Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Part II Inscriptions of the Seleucid and Parthian Periods and of Eastern Iran and Central Asia: Vol. III: Bactrian), MS jd; and Bactrian Documents III: pl.188a. 1.56 grams, 11.2cm (4 1/2"). David Lindahl, Sweden, 2001. Collection of Bruce Ferrini, A. Central London gallery. Property of a UK collector. The Bactrian kingdom of southern Transoxiana was only known from a handful of inscriptions, seals and coins until circa 1991, when a cache of around 150 documents was discovered in an archive belonging to the ruler of the city of Rob, dating between the 4th-8th century AD, leading to major developments in the understanding of the Bactrian language. Many of these documents were sold on the art market and collected by Dr. David Naser Khalili for his Nour Foundation. [No Reserve]