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PK Bois B68

Known as:PK Bois B68; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B68; LP 56
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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):1.06–1.03 × 3.63–3.58 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1– – – ·w· – ///
a2·[y]·¯ ¯m k·e [ñ]a [k]e ///

Transcription

a1– – – ·w· – ///
a2(p)y(ā)m k(uc)e ñake ///

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,72–0,68 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 101

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.