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PK Bois B20

Known as:PK Bois B20; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B20; LP 21
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 14 Dec. 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):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
a2/// [m]· ·tpy·¯ ¯m kuc· n· saṃ i nä śā śśaṃ ññe wi śi kke • se ne
a3me 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
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

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,48–0,34 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 92

Translations

Peyrot 2013b: a4 (320-1)

Bibliography

Peyrot 2013b

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 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.