CEToM | PK Bois B17

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PK Bois B17

Known as:PK Bois B17; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B17; LP 14
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B17". 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_b17&outputformat=print (accessed 13 Feb. 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):6.15–6.0 × 10.8–10.73 cm
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

a1sa ṣa¯ ¯pta rka na¯ ¯t pa rwe ṣṣe kṣu
a2ntsa • pi [ṅk]ce [m]eṃ [n]e [•] [i] kaṃ o kne • cai ti ke
a3ā kṣa •

Transcription

*unread (te)¬
a1¬sa ṣap tärkanat pärweṣṣe kṣu
a2ntsapiṅkce meṃneikäṃ oknecaitike
a3ākṣa

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,49–0,37 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 90

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.

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