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PK Bois B13

Known as:	PK Bois B13; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B13; LP 18
Cite this page as:	"PK Bois B13". 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_b13 (accessed 17 Aug. 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):	3.6–3.45 × 7.55–7.3 cm
Number of lines:	3

Transliteration

a1	– – – – – ·[k]· na¯ ¯t i
a2	– – – – – – – ne śa
a3	– – – – – – – ·e wa
b1	[skna] [ta] [tt]· [kl]· ·[l]·

Transcription

a1	– – – – (tär)k(a)nat i
a2	– – – – – – – ne śa
a3	– – – – – – – ·e wa
b1	sknatatt(i) kl(āṣ)l(e)

Commentary

Remarks

*	thickness 0,53–0,35 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 91

Bibliography

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.