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PK Bois A14

Known as:PK Bois A14; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois A14; LP 94
Cite this page as:"PK Bois A14". 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-pkbois_a14 (accessed 13 Feb. 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:Shaldirang
Specific find spot:Watchtower
Collection:Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)

Language and Script

Language:TB

Text contents

Text genre:Non-literary
Text subgenre:Laissez-passer
Verse/Prose:prose

Object

Material: ink on wood tablet
Size (h × w):2.5–2.1 × 4.9–1.3 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1/// [ṅ]kaṃ sa ///
a2/// [tko] rsa ma ntpyā ///

Transcription

a1/// (pi)ṅkäṃ sa(lyitsai) ///
a2/// (yai)tkorsa mant pyā(m) ///

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,55–0,38 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 111

Bibliography

Pinault 1987

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 1987. “Épigraphie koutchéenne. I. Laissez-passer de caravanes. II. Graffites et inscriptions.” Sites divers de la région de Koutcha, Mission Paul Pelliot, Documents archéologiques, 8: 59–196 + XL.