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PK Bois B139

Known as:PK Bois B139; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B139; LP 79
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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):2.52–2.2 × 4.36–3.54 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1/// rra i yaṃ ce [wä]
a2/// ·ai wi śa ri ṣe teṃ

Transcription

a1/// (pa)rra iyaṃ cewä¬
a2¬(mpa) /// (oks)ai{ṃ} wi śari ṣe teṃ

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,4–0,31 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 107

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.