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Dd 5.3

Known as:	Dd 5.3; Documents divers 5.3; photographie no. 348
Cite this page as:	Melanie Malzahn. "Dd 5.3". 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-dd53 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024).
Edition
Editor:	Melanie Malzahn
Date of online publication:	2015-08-28
Provenience
Main find spot:	Duldur-akur
Specific find spot:	Entrance of the temple of the monastery
Collection:	Musée Guimet (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	cursive
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Graffito (wall)
Object
Material:	ink on wall
Form:	Graffito
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	/// ·[k]· ka ca sya l· ·t· ā – ¯r – ///
a2	///
a3	/// śaṃ mo rmeṃ mr[au]· k· [lñ]e [si] ai kn· nta – – ///
a4	/// ·n· ye tse ṣñau rā sta ypo mna ·[w]i [s]ta¯ ¯r wai [p]e ///

Transcription

a1	/// ·k·kä ca sya l· ·t· ā – r – ///
a2	///
a3	/// (śeś)śaṃmormeṃ mrau(s)k(a)lñe si aikn(e)nta – – ///
a4	n1n2n3 /// ·n· yetse ṣñaur= āsta ypomna ·wistär waipe(cce) ///

Translation

a3	... after having placed ... aversion ... duties ...
a4	... skin, sinews, bones, the countries (?) ... poss(essions) (?) ...

Commentary

Remarks

	Wall graffito in situ; photograph by the Mission Pelliot.

Philological commentary

n1	The context of this passage speaks against interpreting ypomna as variant plural of yapoy 'land', but the same form in m-dd62 does; cf. Pinault 1987: 184, fn. 10.
n2	Does wistär come from Skt. (°)vistara- ‘wide'?
n3	According to Pinault, "[u]ne lecture [p]e n'est pas impossible", so maybe to be restored to waipe(cce) 'possessions'?

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 183-184

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.