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PK Bois B44

Known as:PK Bois B44; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B44; LP 45
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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):3.43–1.62 × 7.0–5.7 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1/// ta rka na¯ ¯[t] – –
a2/// a pe [ta¯] [¯r] ·n· ·y· –

Transcription

a1/// tärkanat – –
a2/// apetär ·n· ·y·

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,54–0,47 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 98-99

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.