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PK Bois A40

Known as:PK Bois A40; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois A40; LP 120
Cite this page as:"PK Bois A40". 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_a40 (accessed 18 May 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):5.6–5.1 × 1.3–1.04 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1/// skna ta tt· śc· tw· [ñ]· y· ·[k]· ·s·
a2/// ·ā[¯] [¯m] [k]·[e] [ñ]a [k]e – – [k]e ·[ä] ·i

Transcription

a1/// sknatatt(eṃ)śc(o) tw(e) ñ(i) y(ait)k(or)s(a)
a2/// (py)ām k(uc)e ñake – – ke ·ä ·i

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,38–0,26 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 117-118