I have been recently told that in the 1950s Helmut Humbach—otherwise known to most as an eminent Iranianist—took photographs of Sanskrit fragments from Bāmiyān in the Kabul museum. Does anyone know if those photographs have been published? If not, does anyone know where are those photographs deposited? Mainz? There should be at least partial overlap with the documents presented in Sylvain Lévi's "Notes sur les manuscrits sanscrits provenant de Bāmiyan et de Gilgit," Journal Asiatique 220, 1932.1, p.1 ff.). Given the sad history of the museum, many of these fragments may be lost; some, I have also been told, ended up in the Schøyen collection in Sweden and were returned to the museum a few years ago. Apparently there are more photos of these MSS, but I would just like to know about this Humbach set. Any help would be sincerely appreciated!

  namaskaromi,