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PK Bois B21

Known as:PK Bois B21; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B21; LP 22
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B21". 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_b21 (accessed 15 May 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):3.3–2.95 × 7.6–7.3 cm
Number of lines:4

Transliteration

a1ṣle ta¯ ¯ś pi ṅkaṃ – [l]yi tsai yo
a2ñy[ai] yne • pu ta ta tt[eṃ] [śco] • twe ñī
a3yai tko rsa maṃ tpy❠¯m kuce ña ke •
a4[y]ai [ṣ]e ·ā [ś]·e ·e [p]a [r]·a [y]aṃ

Transcription

a1ṣletaś piṅkäṃ (sa)lyitsai yo¬
a2¬ñyaiyneputatatteṃścotwe ñī
a3yaitkorsa maṃt pyām kuce ñake
a4yaiṣe ·āś ·e ·e par(r)a yaṃ

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,64–0,29 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 92