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PK Bois B10

Known as:PK Bois B10; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B10; LP 12
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B10". 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_b10 (accessed 20 Apr. 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):3.3–3.2 × 10.8–10.6 cm
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

a1• ce ynaṃ¯ ¯ts ya k[w]i • trai • te pa rra tā rka
a2t[e] sa ṣa¯ ¯p mā ta rka «na»«¯» «¯»«t» • ra pa ññe meṃ ne i
a3[ka]· wi [n]e [•] s· lme ā [k]ṣa [•]
b1yū ṣ[ai] ytse klā ṣle

Transcription

a1• ceynaṃts yakwi • trai • te parra tārka
a2tesa ṣap mā tärkanat • rapaññe meṃne i¬
a3¬kä(ṃ) wine • s(o)lme ākṣa •
b1yūṣaiytse klāṣle

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,99–0,7 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 89

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.