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PK Bois B50

Known as:PK Bois B50; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B50; LP 50
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B50". 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_b50 (accessed 12 Jul. 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):2.2–2.1 × 5.35–4.83 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1sti ku pte • pa rra [y]a· • – ///
a2·na o¯ ¯kt • ke rca «paṃ» śa kṣ[u]¯ – ///

Transcription

a1stikupteparra ya(ṃ) • – /// (śā)¬
a2¬(m)na oktkercapaṃ śak ṣu(kt) ///

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,48–0,41 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 100

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.