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PK Bois B27

Known as:PK Bois B27; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B27; LP 28
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B27". 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_b27 (accessed 11 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):4.0–3.4 × 7.1–6.9 cm
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

a1ṣa¯ ¯p tā kaṃ • tu mā ta
a2rka na¯ ¯t • śkaṃ ñce meṃ ne
a3• śa k[ṣ]e ne • mo sa ke •

Transcription

*(se) (tesa)
a1ṣap tākaṃtu tä¬
a2¬rkanatśkaṃñce meṃne
a3śak ṣenemosake

Translation

a1what is more than this, don't
a2let it [pass]!

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,75–0,56 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 94

Translations

Peyrot 2013b: a1 a2 (320-1)