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
ISBN:9789004519978
ac_no:AC17023596
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: by Hossein Sheikh