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PK Bois B36

Known as:PK Bois B36; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B36; LP 37
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B36". 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_b36 (accessed 12 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):2.85–2.7 × 7.06–6.97 cm
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

a1[pa] ll· tt· k· • pa rra ya· c[au] mna śā
a2mna wi • ke rcca paṃ wi • te pa rra ptā
a3rka • teṃ ntsa o ṣa¯ ¯pta rka na¯ ¯t
b1ta [r]kā ttsa¯ ¯[śc]ä

Transcription

a1päll· tt· parra ya(ṃ) caumna śā¬
a2¬mna wikerccapaṃ wite parra ptā¬
a3¬rkateṃntsa oṣap tärkanat
b1tarkāttsaśc

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,53–0,42 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 96

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.