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PK Bois A16

Known as:PK Bois A16; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois A16; LP 96
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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):1.59–1.5 × 3.4–1.47 cm
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

a1/// – ·y· [ma] ///
a2/// ·[r]ai ya kwi ///
a3/// te ntsa ///

Transcription

a1/// – ·y· ///
a2/// (t)rai yakwi ///
a3/// tentsa ///

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,41–0,26 cm

Philological commentary

*possibly (p)y(ā)m(\) «agis».

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.