4th century AD. A fragment of a leather documentprising two copies, the upper copyplete, the lower almostpletely lost; a receipt for two gold dinars paid by Zhuwanind Kharagan to Basuk, dated year 134; recto bearing five lines of Bactrian in cursive script; verso blank; apanied by additional contextual information and bibliographic references. The Bactrian calendar: new material and new suggestions, MS Aa; in Languages of Iran: Past and Present Iranian Studies in memorium David Neil MacKenzie. Edited by Dieter Weber, pp.xxvii, 307, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005; and Sims-Williams, N., Bactrian Documents III: The Nour Foundation, London, 2012, pl.4a. 1.56 grams, 95mm wide (3 3/4"). David Lindahl, Sweden, 2001. Collection of Bruce Ferrini, A. Central London gallery. Property of a UK collector. Apanied by a four page illtrated collection document. Year 134 corresponds to the year 366 AD, making this the second oldest dated Bactrian document discovered to date. 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]