The sourced Wikipedia article dedicated to this specific illuminated leaf, MIK III 4979, covering its Turfan excavation, its multilingual text in Sogdian, Turkic and Middle Persian written in Manichaean script, and the iconography of both its faces, including the four Hindu deities kneeling on the front and the Bema festival scene on the reverse.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three: a collaboratively edited reference article, but one dedicated specifically to this single object rather than a general topic, used here for dating, dimensions and the iconography of both faces, corroborated by the custodian museum's own Turfan Collection page for the excavation context and holding institution. Citation
PublisherWikipedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf_from_a_Manichaean_book_MIK_III_4979
Source Typeencyclopedia
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This source names Middle Persian directly: "text in Sogdian, Turkic and Middle Persian written in Manichaean script, and the iconography of both its faces, including the four Hindu deities kneeling on the front and the Bema festival scene on..."
This source names Sogdian directly: "excavation, its multilingual text in Sogdian, Turkic and Middle Persian written in Manichaean script, and the iconography of both its faces, including the four Hindu deities kneeling on the front..."
Claims Backed By This Source (21 claims)
This source backs 21 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 14 claims: 6 well-attested, 7 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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