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PK Bois B9

Known as:PK Bois B9; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B9; LP 11
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B9". 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_b9 (accessed 15 Mar. 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):4.4–3.75 × 8.3–8.18 cm
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

a1ptā rka • se te sa ṣa¯ ¯p tā kaṃ • tu mā ta rka na¯ ¯t
a2[pi]¯ ¯ś kṣuṃ ntsa ñu ñce meṃ ne • ñweṃ ne • ma kte t❠¯ś
a3ā kṣa •
b1yu ṣ· ytse klā ṣle

Transcription

a1ptārkase tesa ṣap tākaṃtu tärkanat
a2piś kṣuṃntsa ñuñce meṃneñweṃnemakte tāś
a3ākṣa
b1yuṣ(ai)ytse klāṣle

Translation

a1«ce qui est (éventuellement) en plus de ceci, ne le laisse pas (passer)»

Other

a1What is more than this, don't let it [pass]. (Peyrot 2013b: 321)

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,58–0,25 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 89

Translations

Peyrot 2013b: a1 (321); Pinault 1987: a1 (80)

Bibliography

Peyrot 2013b

Peyrot, Michaël. 2013b. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.

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.