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PK Bois B24

Known as:PK Bois B24; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B24; LP 25
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B24". 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_b24 (accessed 09 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):3.85–3.05 × 7.9–7.7 cm
Number of lines:4

Transliteration

a1/// ·[k]· ///
a2[nt]py·¯ ¯m wa [rṣ]a ññ[e] – mn· [r]· pa rra yaṃ
a3ce wä mpa śā mna pi¯ ¯ś kli ye sa na
a4teṃ pa rra ptā rka o· ṣa¯ ¯pta r[k]a [n]a[¯] [¯t]

Transcription

a1/// ·k· ///
a2nt py(ā)m warṣaññemn·r· parra yaṃ
a3cewämpa śāmna piś kliye sana
a4teṃ parra ptārka o(ṃ)ṣap tärkanat

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,6–0,51 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 93