Divinity Atlas

Sacred Correspondences
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

Source

Leaf from a Manichaean Book MIK III 4979, Wikipedia

source

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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
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
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf_from_a_Manichaean_book_MIK_III_4979
Source Type
encyclopedia
Connections

Associated With

Middle Persian, Languages

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..."

Source Leaf from a Manichaean Book MIK III 4979, Wikipedia
Sogdian, Languages

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..."

Source Leaf from a Manichaean Book MIK III 4979, Wikipedia
Claims Backed By This Source (24 claims)

This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sacred Art & Iconography, 17 claims: 8 well-attested, 7 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.