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PK Bois B144

Known as:PK Bois B144; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B144; LP 80
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B144". 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_b144 (accessed 06 Mar. 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):0.93–0.86 × 8.2–6.95 cm
Number of lines:1

Transliteration

a1/// mpa • śā mn· • śt[w]ā rka • ///

Transcription

a1/// (cau)mpaśāmn(a)śtwārka • ///

Translation

a1«avec lui, des hommes – quarante»

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,59–0,49 cm

References

Edition and translation

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.