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PK Bois A43

Known as:PK Bois A43; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois A43; LP 123
Cite this page as:"PK Bois A43". 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_a43 (accessed 13 Nov. 2025).

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):6.4–5.25 × 1.57–0.7 cm
Number of lines:1

Transliteration

a2/// – – – – maṃ [tp]y❠¯m kuce ña ke

Transcription

a2/// – – – – maṃt pyām kuce ñake

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,26–0,13 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 118

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.