PK Bois B20
| Known as: | PK Bois B20; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B20; LP 21 |
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| Cite this page as: | "PK Bois B20". 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_b20 (accessed 07 Aug. 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): | 4.7–1.2 × 13.0–6.75 cm |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·s· yo ñyai ne • skna ta tteṃ śco • twe ñi |
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| a2 | /// [m]· ·tpy·¯ ¯m kuc· n· saṃ i nä śā śśaṃ ññe wi śi kke • se ne |
| a3 | me t[r]e [p]a [r]·a ·aṃ ·e· [m]·a śā mna tre¯ ¯yä • ke rcca paṃ śa kpi¯ ¯ś teṃ pa rra |
| a4 | /// ·aṃ • [t]· [pa] [rra] [m]ā [ta] r·a – – |
Transcription
| a1 | (salyit)s(ai) yoñyaine • sknatatteṃśco • twe ñi |
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| a2 | (yaitkorsa) m(an)t py(ā)m kuc(e) n(e)säṃ inäśāśśäṃññe wiśikke • sene¬ |
| a3 | ¬metre par(r)a (y)aṃ (c)e(u)m(p)a śāmna trey • kerccapaṃ śak piś teṃ parra |
| a4 | (ptārka) (•) (se) (tentsa) (ṣap) (tāk)aṃ • t(u) parra mā tär(k)a(nat) |
Translation
| a4 | ... what is more than this, don't let it pass |
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Commentary
Remarks
| thickness 0,48–0,34 cm |
References
Edition
Pinault 1987: 92
Translations
Peyrot 2013b: a4 (320-1)
Bibliography
Peyrot, Michaël. 2013b. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
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.
