c.5th century AD. A fragment of a legal document, the recto bearing five iplete lines of Avestan cursive script on leather; verso blank; irregular in shape; apanied by a copy of publication pages. Sims-Williams, N., Bactrian Documents II: Letters and Buddhist Texts, (Studies in the Khalili Collections, volume III), London, The Nour Foundation, 2012, pp.24, p.104-105, and Bactrian Documents III: pl.169a. 1.4 grams, 12cm (4 3/4"). Collection of Bruce Ferrini, A. Central London gallery, acquired c.1994. Property of a UK collector. The fragment retains the characteristic tapering shape of Bactrian legal documents, in contrast to the right angled outline of letters. The script here is also larger than that employed for letter format. [No Reserve]