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Dd 5.3
| Known as: | Dd 5.3; Documents divers 5.3; photographie no. 348 |
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| 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 14 Dec. 2025). |
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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: | Duldur-akur |
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| Specific find spot: | Entrance of the temple of the monastery |
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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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| Script: | cursive |
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Text contents |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Graffito (wall) |
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Object |
| Material: |
ink
on wall |
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| Form: | Graffito |
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| Number of lines: | 4 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·[k]· ka ca sya l· ·t· ā – ¯r – /// |
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| a2 | /// |
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| a3 | /// śaṃ mo rmeṃ mr[au]· k· [lñ]e [si] ai kn· nta – – /// |
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| a4 | /// ·n· ye tse ṣñau rā sta ypo mna ·[w]i [s]ta¯ ¯r wai [p]e /// |
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Transcription
Translation
| a3 | ... after having placed ... aversion ... duties ... |
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| a4 | ... skin, sinews, bones, the countries (?) ... poss(essions) (?) ... |
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Commentary
Remarks
| * | Wall graffito in situ; photograph by the Mission Pelliot. |
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Philological commentary
| n1 | The context of this passage speaks against interpreting ypomna as variant plural of yapoy 'land', but the same form in Dd 6.2 does; cf. Pinault 1987: 184, fn. 10. |
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| n2 | Does wistär come from Skt. (°)vistara- ‘wide'? |
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| n3 | According to Pinault, "[u]ne lecture [p]e n'est pas impossible", so maybe to be restored to waipe(cce) 'possessions'? |
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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.
