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British Library Fragment 15
Collection British Library Responsibility Stefan Baums
Contents Saṅg‐G Parallels Scribes BLS15
Frame 29–32 Fragment 15 Other ID J7
Type Composite Date 0-100 Basis for date internal, paleography
Medium Birch bark Findspot Haḍḍa, Afghanistan ? Last known location
Dimensions (cm) 17.5 × 115 Lines (r) 180 Lines (v) 185
Editions Other refs. Salomon 1999; Nattier 2003, 129; Baums 2009; Baums forthcoming; Baums Forthcoming.2; Baums Forthcoming.4
Comments Half of this text (frame 30 recto, ll. 2–6, 14–16, 18–40; frame 31 recto, ll. 1, 8–27, 34–57; frame 32 recto, ll. 1–7; frame 31 verso, ll. 4–61a; frame 30 verso) was transcribed in meetings of the Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project between February 2006 and June 2008. The other half (frame 29 recto; frame 30 recto, ll. 1, 7–13, 17; frame 31 recto, ll. 2–7a, 28–33; frame 32 recto, ll. 8–68; frame 32 verso; frame 31 verso, ll. 1–3; frame 29 verso) was transcribed by Stefan Baums and Andrew Glass in a series of Seattle coffee‐shop sessions in November and December 2008.

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