Studies of Bactrian legal documents / by Hossein Sheikh
Studies of Bactrian Legal Documents deals with legal texts written in Bactrian, an eastern Middle Iranian language, between the 4th and 8th centuries CE. The work aims to give insight in the Bactrian legal formulary as well as its historical context. In order to achieve that, the author carefully ex...
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Superior document: | Ancient Iran Series |
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Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Boston : BRILL, 2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Ancient Iran Series
Ancient Iran series volume 15 |
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Classification: | 18.69 - Iranische Sprachen und Literaturen 86.09 - Rechtsgeschichte 17.28 - Ethnolinguistik |
Physical Description: | XVIII, 188 Seiten |
Notes: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [156]-185 |
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Summary: | Studies of Bactrian Legal Documents deals with legal texts written in Bactrian, an eastern Middle Iranian language, between the 4th and 8th centuries CE. The work aims to give insight in the Bactrian legal formulary as well as its historical context. In order to achieve that, the author carefully examines the terms and phrases in the legal documents and clarifies their function. Then he explores the historical background of expressions and wordings. To this end, he uses documents from other regions of the Near East spanning from Egypt to Turkestan |
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ISBN: | 9789004519978 |
ac_no: | AC17023596 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | by Hossein Sheikh |