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PK Bois B39

Known as:PK Bois B39; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B39; LP 40
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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):2.5–2.41 × 8.48–8.42 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1i ka· [w]· – – – ·r· tr[i] – –
a2·[n]· no a lye¯ ¯ṅk • trai¯ ¯yä • śa mna •

Transcription

a1ikä(ṃ) w(i) – – – ·r· tri – –
a2·n· no alyeṅktraiyśamna

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,5–0,39 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 97

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.