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PK Bois B15

Known as:PK Bois B15; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B15; LP 20
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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):1.85–1.6 × 3.2–2.43 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1ṣle ta śpi ṅ[ka]· ///
a2tp·ā¯ ¯m ko ///

Transcription

a1ṣletaś piṅkä(ṃ) /// (maṃ)¬
a2¬t p(y)ām ko ///

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,64–0,61 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 92

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.