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PK Bois B5

Known as:PK Bois B5; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B5; LP 7
Cite this page as:"PK Bois B5". 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_b5 (accessed 16 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):3.0–1.85 × 7.63–6.15 cm
Number of lines:3

Transliteration

a1ṣle ta¯ ¯ś pi [ṅka]· s· ly· tsai yo
a2ñyai yne • [skna] ta tte· – t·e ñ[ī] yai
a3tko [r]sa [ma]· [tpy]·¯ ¯m • kuce ña [ke] –

Transcription

a1ṣletaś piṅkä(ṃ) s(a)ly(i)tsai yo¬
a2¬ñyaiyne • sknatatte(ṃśco) t(w)e ñī yai¬
a3¬tkorsa ma(ṃ)t py(ā)m • kuce ñake –

Commentary

Remarks

*thickness 0,59–0,2 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 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.