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PK Bois B19

Known as:PK Bois B19; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B19; LP 16
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B19". 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_b19 (accessed 08 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):5.2–5.0 × 9.15–8.95 cm
Number of lines:5

Transliteration

a1·l· [t]· – [p]· [ṅka]· sa [ly]· tsai yo ñyai
a2yn· – ·[k]na – [t]t·[¯] [¯ś] tw· ·[i] [y]· [tko] [r]· –
a3tpyā¯ ¯m • kuce ña ke • mu śn[a] śi nta • ś[ā]
a4mna [k]o [r]ai pa [rra] [y]a neṃ • śt[w]e¯ ¯r ce ynaṃ[¯] [¯ts]
a5[o] [k]·ai· [w]i – – – – ·ā r·a – – [o]

Transcription

a1(ṣ)l(e)t(aś) p(i)ṅkä(ṃ) saly(i)tsai yoñyai¬
a2¬yn(e) (•) (s)kna(ta)tt(eṃ)ś tw(e) (ñ)i y(ai)tkor(sa) (maṃ)¬
a3¬t pyām • kuce ñake • muśnaśinta • śā¬
a4¬mna korai parra yaneṃ • śtwer ceynaṃts
a5ok(s)ai(ṃ) wi – – – – (pt)ār(k)a – – o

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,65–0,57 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 90-91

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.