Fragment of a Letter in Pahlavi Script

Unknown artist

Date: 618–29

Medium: Ink on papyrus

Dimensions: H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)

Classification: Codices

Country: Egypt

Gift of George F. Baker, 1890

Date range

593 – 654

Largest dimension

15.9 cm

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