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PK Bois A5

Known as:PK Bois A5; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois A5; LP 85
Cite this page as:"PK Bois A5". 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_a5 (accessed 07 Feb. 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):1.38–1.2 × 7.83–7.2 cm
Number of lines:1

Transliteration

b1/// k·ā ṣ[l]e •

Transcription

b1/// k(l)āṣle

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,72–0,69 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 108

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.