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PK Bois B18

Known as:	PK Bois B18; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B18; LP 15
Cite this page as:	"PK Bois B18". 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_b18 (accessed 08 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):	5.28–4.2 × 9.8–9.6 cm
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	ṣle ta śpi ṅkaṃ skna ta· [t]· – ·[w]·
a2	ñi yai tko rsa ma ntpyā¯ ¯m ta rma w[i]
a3	rñe i ski¯ ¯l pa rra i yaṃ [tu] [c]eṃ
a4	mpa ya kwi trai sta re me teṃ pa rra ptā
a5	r[k]a ṣa¯ ¯p mā ta rka na¯ ¯t

Transcription

a1	ṣletaś piṅkäṃ sknata(t)t(eṃśco) (t)w(e)
a2	ñi yaitkorsa mant pyām tarmawi
a3	rñe iskil parra iyaṃ tu ceṃ
a4	mpa yakwi trai stare-me teṃ parra ptā
a5	rka ṣap mā tärkanat

Commentary

Remarks

*	thickness 0,8–0,48 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 90

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.