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and marks of the witnesses. The date must be much the same as that 
of No. 1. 
No. 3. Document. 
Belongs to M. 10. Size, 2 x 3". A fragment, being the lower right- 
hand corner of the sheet, with remains of five or six lines. Purport, 
probably deed of sale of land, similar to Nos. 1 and 2. 
No. 4. Document. 
Belongs to M. 10. Size, 2 x If". A small fragment, from the 
lower edge of the sheet, inscribed on each of the two sides with the 
remains of two lines of writing in Naskhi characters. Purport un¬ 
certain ; perhaps a letter. 
Script and Language. 
Second Class. Documents in an Unknown Language. 
First Set. Uigur Documents. (Plate V). 
This Set comprises 24 specimens. All, except one (No. 1), are 
_. _ . incomplete ; many are very small fragments. 
Condition aTd Pap!?! The ^ were obtained from tbe same P lace and 
in the same condition as the Persian documents. 
Their paper is also of the same kind ; very soft, water-lines are rather 
faintly visible ; there are also the same marks of fracture, indicating 
folding or transverse water-lines. 
The writing on them runs in horizontal lines, from the right to the 
left, and seems to be in the Uigur character. 
In that case, probably the language also is 
Uigur ; but this point must wait for further enquiry. The writing, 
which varies much in size, in different specimens, is, as a rule, found 
only on one side of the paper ; but one large piece, and a number of 
very small fragments, all possibly belonging to the same document, 
are inscribed on both sides. 
Seeing that they were found mixed up with the Persian documents 
of the 11th century A.D., it is probable that 
a e and Purport. they are referable to the same date. For the 
same reason it is also probable that they are documents of a similar 
kind. On one of them the names and marks of illiterate witnesses 
can be seen (Plate Y, fig. 3) ; and this probably is a similar deed of 
sale of land. Some seem to bear counter-signatures or office-marks in 
Arabic (Plate Y, fig. 2). 
No. 1. Document. (Plate Y, fig. 2). 
Belongs to M. 10. Size, about 6" square. Complete. Inscribed, 
on one side only, with six lines of writing in small characters. At 
