Talk:Khalili Collection of Aramaic Documents

Illegally looted?
The statement that "over a hundred Bactrian documents emerged, in the bazaar of Peshawar and other sources" seems to be a circumlocution for the fact these unprovenanced documents were clandestinely excavated without official permission. The Khalili Archive is mentioned in the book chapter "Consensual Relations? Academic Involvement in the Illegal Trade in Ancient Manuscripts" by Neil Brodie, p.43. I think this origin should be mentioned in the article, ideally in the lead section, as it is for the similarly important, but also unprovenanced, Schøyen Collection. Lt1896 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 08:47, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Artaxerxes III vs Darius III?
Hey, so we meet again, hope you are doing well. I was wondering; the lede states that the documents are dated between 353 BC to 324 BC, during the reigns of Artaxerxes III and Artaxerxes IV. However, as far as I can see, the body of the article adds to that that documents from Darius III's reign are also included. Doesn't that mean that the lede should be changed to "from the reign of Artaxerxes III to Darius III"? Or something along those lines? Please don't hesitate to let me know if I misunderstood something. - LouisAragon (talk) 22:45, 18 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi User:LouisAragon I continue to be delighted with what you're doing with the Khalili content. This is well-spotted, and teaches me for mindlessly copying what's in the text. I don't have the book near me now but I will take a look and something will have to be fixed. I may have made a statement about the whole collection which only applies to the documents and not the tally-sticks. Cheers, MartinPoulter (talk) 11:38, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * User:LouisAragon Thanks again for spotting this. I had misinterpreted a bit of the book, and I've now corrected the body text and lead to clarify. MartinPoulter (talk) 09:33, 26 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Glad I was able to help. Keep up the amazing work! Please don't hesitate to let me know if there are additional matters that I could help with in relation to the Khalili Collections. - LouisAragon (talk) 23:51, 17 December 2021 (UTC)