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Dd 4
| Known as: | Dd 4; Documents divers 4; find nr. 1243; inv. nr. [none] |
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| Cite this page as: | Melanie Malzahn. "Dd 4". 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-dd4 (accessed 24 Jan. 2026). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Melanie Malzahn |
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| Date of online publication: | 2015-08-28 |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Kucha |
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| Collection: | Musée Guimet (Paris) |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | TB |
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| Linguistic stage: | classical |
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| Add. linguistic characteristics: | hypercorrect |
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| Script: | classical |
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Text contents |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Graffito (object) |
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| Verse/Prose: | prose |
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engraving
| Form: | Graffito |
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| Size (h × w): | 29.5 × 17.0 cm |
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| Number of lines: | 1 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// pi ku lne wa ce meṃ ñe i kaṃ pi /// |
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Transcription
Translation
| a1 | In the year ..., in the second month, (on the) twenty-fi(fth day) ... /// |
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Commentary
Linguistic commentary
| * | Maybe meṃñe for the correct locative meñne is a hypercorrect spelling based on colloquial menne with depalatalization. |
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Philological commentary
Remarks
| * | Provenance probable of the region of Kuča. |
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References
Edition
Pinault 1987: 182
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.
