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PK Bois A8

Known as:PK Bois A8; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois A8; LP 88
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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):2.07–1.4 × 2.92–2.3 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1ṣle ta¯ ¯ś pi ///
a2ta tte[ṃ] śco twe ñ[i] ///

Transcription

a1ṣletaś pi(ṅkäṃ) /// (skna)¬
a2¬tatteṃśco twe ñi ///

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,28–0,12 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 109

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.