Another Sogdian–Chinese bilingual epitaph

Two stone tablets in the Wangye Museum, Shenzhen, contain a bilingual Sogdian and Chinese epitaph for a Sogdian merchant and his wife, who lived in the northern Chinese city of Ye 鄴 in the late sixth century ce. The two texts are published here for the first time and accompanied by a detailed commen...

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Published in:Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 2017-06, Vol.80 (2), p.305-318
Main Authors: Bo, Bi, Sims-Williams, Nicholas, Yan, Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
6th century
Ancient languages
Bilingualism
Dictionaries
Historical text analysis
Inscriptions
Mandarin
Museums
Stone
Tombs
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Summary:Two stone tablets in the Wangye Museum, Shenzhen, contain a bilingual Sogdian and Chinese epitaph for a Sogdian merchant and his wife, who lived in the northern Chinese city of Ye 鄴 in the late sixth century ce. The two texts are published here for the first time and accompanied by a detailed commentary on philological and historical points of interest.
ISSN:0041-977X
1474-0699
DOI:10.1017/S0041977X17000489