G-Su 1

Known as:	G-Su 1
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Provenience
Main find spot:	Subashi
Specific find spot:	Grotte aux inscriptions
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	543 (4x)
Object
Material:	ink on wall
Form:	Graffito
Number of lines:	1

Transliteration

a1	sa lpeṃ pi¯ ¯ś cme la a ñi tyā tṣe pu wa [r]sa • ko¯ ¯y[n]ä ka kā ya ṣp[o] [k]a ṣā nta [ṣṣ]i kā ri po • tā ṣṭä¯ ¯r pe lai kne śau la nma sa ka ryau se • [tn]e ka pre ksau me kā snai meṃ «ts[i]» kla[ṃ] tsa ñce¯ ¯r

Transcription

1a	a1salpeṃ piś cmela ; añityātṣe ; puwarsa •
1b	koyn kakāyaṣ po ; kaṣāntaṣṣi ; kāri po •
1c	tāṣṭär pelaikne ; śaulanmasa ; käryau se •
1d	tneka preksaume ; kā snai meṃtsi ; kläṃtsañcer

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	metre 4x12, rythm 5/7

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	C
Tamai 2011	C14

References

Edition and translation

Pinault 1987: 134-137

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.