Studies on the Sogdian Epistolary Tradition

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Studies on the Sogdian Epistolary Tradition is written by Adam Benkato and published by Brepols Publishers. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 2503578764 (ISBN 10) and 9782503578767 (ISBN 13).

Edition of Sogdian epistolary fragments discovered in Turfan as well as a wide-ranging comparative analysis of Sogdian epistolary formulae. An important part of the Sogdian corpora which have come down to us are epistolary texts: both the earliest substantial Sogdian documents (the 'Ancient Letters') and the only substantial textual corpus found in Sogdiana itself (the Mugh documents). The Turfan collections of (especially) Berlin, Kyoto, and St. Petersburg, also preserve a number of letter fragments. Altogether, these texts attest different phases of a Sogdian epistographical tradition stretching over some seven centuries. The edition and analysis of both well-preserved and fragmentary texts can contribute to efforts to reconstruct parts of those traditions - and eventually connect them with those of Central Asia and Iran more broadly.