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PK Bois B29

Known as:	PK Bois B29; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B29; LP 30
Cite this page as:	"PK Bois B29". 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_b29 (accessed 17 Mar. 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):	2.6–2.15 × 9.7–9.57 cm
Number of lines:	3

Transliteration

a1	[lyi] śke pa rra yaṃ • c[au] mp· ·[r]· – ·ka[¯] [¯s] [•] kl·
a2	yna śa¯ ¯k • śa ma śkaṃ śt[w]e¯ ¯r • ke rcca paṃ śtwe¯ ¯r
a3	teṃ [p]a [rr]a ptā rka • teṃ tsa o[ṃ] [ṣ]a¯ ¯p mā ta rka na¯ ¯t
b1	ta rt[vi] sa raṃ ntse •

Transcription

a1	lyiśke parra yaṃ • caump(a) ·r· – (ṣ)kas • kl(ai)¬
a2	¬yna śak • śamaśkaṃ śtwer • kerccapaṃ śtwer
a3	teṃ parra ptārka • teṃtsa oṃṣap mā tärkanat
b1	tärtvisaraṃntse •

Commentary

Remarks

*	thickness 0,44–0,37 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 94-95

Bibliography

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.