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PK Bois B2

Known as:PK Bois B2; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B2; LP 4
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B2". 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_b2 (accessed 07 Jun. 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):4.4–3.75 × 8.3–8.18 cm
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

a1kle ṅka ra ko • pi ṅkaṃ s[k]na ta
a2tteṃ śco • twe ñi yai tko rsa m[a]¯ ¯nt py❠¯m
a3kuce a ta kke • pa rra ya[ṃ] ce nmpa śā

Transcription

a1kleṅkarakopiṅkäṃ sknata¬
a2¬tteṃścotwe ñi yaitkorsa mant pyām
a3kuce atakkeparra yaṃ cenmpa śā¬
*¬(mna)

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,58–0,25 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 87