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PK Bois B4

Known as:PK Bois B4; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B4; LP 6
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B4". 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_b4 (accessed 25 Jan. 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):4.73–4.42 × 8.8–8.0 cm
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1[r]ka na¯ ¯t • śa ko¯ ¯kt kṣuṃ ntsa • ṣu ktaṃ ñce meṃ ne [•]
a2[śa] k[ne] [•] [ma] kt[e] [t]❠¯ś [ā] [k]ṣa :

Transcription

a1rkanatśak okt kṣuṃntsaṣuktaṃñce meṃne
a2śaknemakte tāś ākṣa :

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,72–0,58 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 87-88

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.