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PD Bois B87
| Known as: | PD Bois B87; Pelliot Divers Bois B87 |
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| Cite this page as: | "PD Bois B87". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-pdboisb87 (accessed 10 Nov. 2025). |
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Provenience |
| Collection: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris) |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | TB |
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Text contents |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Account |
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| Verse/Prose: | prose |
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Object |
| Material: |
ink
on wood tablet |
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| Number of lines: | 3-4 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | sa rk· ly· nta [7] | i s· p· t·· ṣṣa n· p· lyw· sa [6] | /// |
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| a2 | ka sa siṃ 6 | ka tti tsa wa ṣe ki tä mi ṣṣa tā s 1 wa rña ṣṣ· |
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| a3 | [v]st[t]a rta sā [nn]i l[y]a p[o] [ś]a rṣ[o] pa ne e ñci ll·ā 20 5 • |
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| b1 | maṃ t[t]e w· lṣe pa – t[e] – – – ·yw· ·[k]· – /// |
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| b2 | o ro tsa na śe kaṃ 3 o ro ci pi lywe śkaṃ 20 5 | pa tri ·a ·i /// |
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| b3 | [o] ksa na cā kä 1 [tri] kä 3 | śe ke tä ṣṣa pā ñ[e] 1 | śi [r]ṣk[a] – /// |
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| b4 | [ta] s 1 | e ka lya [n]a 1 | ka rā śo 1 | [p]i l·e ·e – /// |
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Transcription
| a1 | n1 sark(a)ly(i)nta 7 । i s· p· t·· ṣṣan · p(i)lyw(e)sa 6 । /// |
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| a2 | kasasiṃ 6 । kattitsa wa ṣe ki tä mi ṣṣa tās 1 warñaṣṣ· |
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| a3 | n2 vsttarta sā nni lya po śa rṣo pa ne eñcil l·ā 20-5 • |
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| b1 | maṃtte w· lṣe pa – te – – – ·yw· ·k· – /// |
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| b2 | orotsana śekaṃ 3 oroci pilyweśkaṃ 20-5 । patri ·a ·i /// |
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| b3 | oksana cākä 1 trikä 3 । śeke täṣṣa pā ñe 1 । śi rṣka – /// |
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| b4 | tas 1 । ekalyana 1 । karāśo 1 । pil(yw)e(ṣ)e – /// |
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Commentary
Remarks
| * | Assignment of recto/verso uncertain. |
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Philological commentary
References
other
Ching 2010: 320
Bibliography
Ching 2010
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
