Sketches of children (?): girl is fishing, boy holds on to a boat. This is found on the back of a document from 619-629 AD about the conscription of troops along the river Nile. The original document was larger (see stitches at the top) and was likely repurposed as a sketchpad.
Basel UB M I 18 (Middle Persian). Zoom:
https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/ubb/M-I-0018/1v.
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