G-Qa 3.A

Known as:	G-Qa 3.A
Cite this page as:	"G-Qa 3.A". 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-gqa3 (accessed 14 Jan. 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Kargha
Specific find spot:	Grotte 25
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Form:	Graffito
Number of lines:	1

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Transliteration

a1	i ka(·) w(·) (·)ṣ[u](·) ts(·) (– –) [i] [nā] ke pi [k]· ///

Transcription

a1	ikä(ṃ) w(i) (k)ṣu(n)ts(a) (yāśi) (lānt)i nāke pik· ///

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	Reconstructed after G-Qa 3.B.

Remarks

*	Inscription in white paint

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	C
Tamai 2011	C14

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 166-167

Bibliography

Peyrot 2008

Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.

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.

Tamai 2011

Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.