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G-Qm 1

Known as:G-Qm 1; Kz-039-ZS-L-01
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz (commentary transcription translation transliteration). "G-Qm 1". 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-gqm1 (accessed 08 Feb. 2025).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz (commentary transcription translation transliteration)

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil Sayram
Specific find spot:Grotte E

Language and Script

Language:TB

Object

Material: ocher on wall
Form:Graffito
Number of lines:2

Transliteration

a1[b]a hu [p]a yi kne || m[ā] [wa] ·[k]· [ṅk]· [e] pi kte ka [r]t·e [ā] k·a p[e] l· [k]·e – [na] [k]· – – ¯[r] : [t]· ya¯ ¯k [p]ta nma sa [kr]ā ma tau wi tā kaṃ snai l[y]ī pa¯ ¯r – (–)
a2[yke] po [staṃ] : s·¯ ¯k ñke [t]e po – ·[e] ma – [¯k] – lī ·e m· [nai] ce¯ ¯y a lye k[o] – meṃ yo ksi ka lwā ske¯ ¯[m] pe lai

Transcription

a1bahupayikne wa(l)k(e) ṅk(e) epikte kart(s)e āk(ṣ)a pel(ai)k(n)enäk· – – r : t(o)yak ptanmasa krāma tau wi tākaṃ snai lyīpär – –
a2yke-postäṃ : k ñke te po(staññ)e ma(nta)k ·e m·nai cey alyek o(sta)meṃ yoksi kälwāskem pelai

Translation

a1In the Bahu-upāyika tune: Not for long did he teach the law well.
a2In these stūpas, if there are two... completely... bit by bit now this later... never ... They get drink from another home.

Commentary

Philological commentary

*The transcription is a compromise between Pinault and Zhao and Rong. The plaster on top of which the inscription is written has broken off in a lot of places. This makes the inscription exceedingly difficult to read.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008C
Tamai 2011C14

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 170-172; Zhao and Rong 2020: 72-73

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.

Zhao and Rong 2020

Zhao, Li, and Xinjiang Rong, eds. 2020. Cave inscriptions in Ancient Kucha. Shanghai: Zhongxi Book Company.