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PK Bois B105

Known as:PK Bois B105; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B105; LP 65
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B105". 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_b105 (accessed 12 Dec. 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):1.8–1.45 × 9.8–8.2 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1/// pi ṅkaṃ [s]a ly· ts· yo ñy[ai] yne •
a2/// [śco] • twe ñī [yai] t[k]o rsa [m]aṃ ·ā –

Transcription

a1/// piṅkäṃ saly(i)ts(ai) yoñyaiyne
a2/// ścotwe ñī yaitkorsa maṃ(t) (py)ā(m)

Commentary

Philological commentary

*There are probably 3 akṣaras destroyed at the beginning of each line; one may reconstruct a1 e.g. (ṣletaś\), and a2(sknatatteṃ)śco.

Remarks

*thickness 0,52–0,35 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 103

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.