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PK Bois B41

Known as:PK Bois B41; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B41; LP 42
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B41". 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_b41 (accessed 07 Dec. 2025).

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):2.52–1.7 × 6.35–4.6 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1/// – [rr]· ptā rka • teṃ ntsa o [ṣ]· – ///
a2śa [k]ñu kṣu nt[s]a • ra [p]aṃ ñ[ñ]e ///

Transcription

a1/// (pa)rr(a) ptārkateṃntsa oṣ(ap) ///
a2śak ñu kṣuntsarapaṃññe ///

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,49–0,34 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 98

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.