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PK Bois B47

Known as:PK Bois B47; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B47; LP 48
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B47". 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_b47 (accessed 23 Jan. 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):2.62–1.73 × 9.81–3.42 cm
Number of lines:1

Transliteration

a1meṃ ne • trai y[n]e • ma kte t❠¯ś [ā] [kṣa] ///

Transcription

a1meṃnetraiynemakte tāś ākṣa ///

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,47–0,42 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 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.