G-Qo 1

Known as:	G-Qo 1
Cite this page as:	"G-Qo 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-gqo1 (accessed 18 Nov. 2025).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kumtura
Specific find spot:	Grotte Y
Collection:	in situ
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	cursive
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Graffito (wall)
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on wall
Form:	Graffito
Number of lines:	1

Transliteration

a1	/// [s]u wa [p]i ku lne wa ce [m]· ñā[ṃ] nts· – – – – k· – ·n· s· śc· [\|\|] na w[ā] ke de – ra kṣte ya śa s[eṃ] i ndri ··e [m]pa [t]ā¯ ¯u ṣa rmtsa tu ntse ṣo tri – – – – – \|\|

Transcription

a1	/// suwa pikulne wace m(e)ñāṃnts(e) – – – – k· – ·n· s· śc· ॥ nawāke de(wa)rakṣte yaśaseṃ indri(śk)empa tā_u ṣarmtsa tuntse ṣotri – – – – – ॥

Translation

a1	... In the year of the Pig, of the second month ...

Commentary

Remarks

*	Photographie no. 431 Pelliot Collection in the Musee Guimet.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	C
Tamai 2011	C14

References

Edition

Pinault 1987: 179-180

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.