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PK Bois B8

Known as:	PK Bois B8; Pelliot Koutchéen Bois B8; LP 10
Cite this page as:	"PK Bois B8". 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_b8 (accessed 17 Jul. 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):	3.6–3.24 × 9.45–9.4 cm
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	ṣl· t·¯ ¯ś p[i] ṅka· sa lyi tsai yo ñyai yne
a2	skna ta tteṃ śco • twe ñī yai tko rsa maṃ tpyā¯ ¯m
a3	kuce ña ke • yu re tt[s]a [ñ]ñ[e] • yo tko lau ṣa
a4	mā ne • pa rra yaṃ cau mpa ka pyā ri wi
b1	yu re ttsa ññe¯ ¯ts •

Transcription

a1	ṣl(e)t(a)ś piṅkä(ṃ) salyitsai yoñyaiyne
a2	sknatatteṃśco • twe ñī yaitkorsa maṃt pyām
a3	kuce ñake • yurettsaññe • yotkolau ṣa¬
a4	¬māne • parra yaṃ caumpa kapyāri wi
b1	yurettsaññets •

Commentary

Remarks

*	thickness 0,4–0,31 cm

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 89

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.