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PK Bois B12

Known as:PK Bois B12; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B12; LP 17
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B12". 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_b12 (accessed 18 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):3.7–3.4 × 8.15–7.2 cm
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

a1/// [s]kna ta tteṃ¯ ¯ś – – y[ai] [tk]· ·s· –
a2/// ṣṣe – ku lyi – – – – [k]e [we] –
a3/// – – – – – – – ke ·e – –

Transcription

a1/// sknatatteṃś – – yaitk(or)s(a)
a2/// ṣṣeku lyi – – – – ke we
a3/// – – – – – – – ke ·e – –

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,72–0,56 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 91

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.