Turfan manuscripts

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archaeological find historical source manuscript collection

The Turfan manuscripts are a significant collection of ancient Central Asian texts, preserving religious, literary, and administrative writings in multiple languages and scripts that illuminate the cultural and linguistic history of the Silk Road region.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Turfan manuscripts canonical 4
Manichaean Chinese texts 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological find ⓘ
historical source ⓘ
manuscript collection ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Central Asian ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
Sogdian language ⓘ
surface form: Sogdian

Tocharian languages ⓘ
surface form: Tocharian

Uyghurs ⓘ
surface form: Uyghur
associatedWithReligion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Manichaeism ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
dateRange circa 3rd to 14th century ⓘ
discoveredBy German Turfan expeditions ⓘ
expeditionPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
hasContentType administrative document ⓘ
economic record ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
literary text ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
hasLanguage Chinese ⓘ
Khotanese language ⓘ
surface form: Khotanese

Middle Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Middle Persian

Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Old Uyghur

Parthian ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Sogdian language ⓘ
surface form: Sogdian

Tibetan ⓘ
Tocharian languages ⓘ
surface form: Tocharian A

Tocharian languages ⓘ
surface form: Tocharian B
hasScript Brahmi script ⓘ
Chinese script ⓘ
Manichaean script ⓘ
Old Uyghur alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Old Uyghur script

Sogdian alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Sogdian script

Syriac script ⓘ
Tibetan script ⓘ
heldBy Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Berlin State Library

Institute of Oriental Manuscripts Russian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Museum für Asiatische Kunst ⓘ
surface form: Museum of Asian Art Berlin

National Library of China ⓘ
locatedIn China ⓘ
Turpan Depression ⓘ
surface form: Turfan Basin

Xinjiang ⓘ
partOf Silk Road cultural sphere ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road cultural heritage
relatedTo German Turfan expeditions ⓘ
surface form: German Turfan Collection

Silk Road routes ⓘ
surface form: Silk Road

Turfan region ⓘ
surface form: Turfan oasis
significance important for the history of Central Asian religions ⓘ
important for the study of extinct languages ⓘ
key source for the study of the Silk Road ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Turkic (runiform and Uyghur-script traditions) → notableCorpus → Turfan manuscripts ⓘ
Old Turkic language → primarySources → Turfan manuscripts ⓘ
Manichaean script → usedIn → Turfan manuscripts ⓘ
Sogdian language → attestedIn → Turfan manuscripts ⓘ
Manichaean Hearers → mentionedIn → Turfan manuscripts ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manichaean Chinese texts