HWB 74(3)
| Known as: | HWB 74(3) |
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| Cite this page as: | "HWB 74(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-hbw743 (accessed 12 Jul. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kumtura |
| Collection: | National Museum of China (Beijing) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | late |
| Script: | cursive |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
| Text subgenre: | Account |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Assemblage VII |
| Preceding fragment: | HWB 74(1) |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Scroll |
| Number of lines: | 9 |
Transliteration
(continues from HWB 74(1))
| a1 | me ñe ra wa ñe |
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| a2 | ra wa ñe me ñä ka pyā re sśwa si ṣṣe ā ka lye kśi ye la śca kaṃ nma śa kṣu k |
| a3 | su klyi ke mo ko tse me ñe lye kśye ca [k]tau se ko mpi le tse ka pci |
| a4 | ysā re la ś – – – – «ṣka» «sto» «m» |
| a5 | wä nti śke lyā ka se ka pci |
| a6 | sa ṅka ste re a rya kā me tse ṣo tri |
| a7 | ste re ñā na te we tse ṣo tri |
| a8 | ste re ka lyā na ra kṣi te tse ṣo tri |
| a9 | ste re ñā na se ne tse ṣo tri |
Transcription
(continues from HWB 74(1))
| a1 | meñe rawañe |
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| a2 | rawañe meñ{†ä} kapyāres śwasiṣṣe āka lyekśiye laś cakaṃnma śak ṣuk |
| a3 | suklyike mokotse meñe lyekśye cak tau se kompiletse kapci |
| a4 | ysāre laś ṣkas tom |
| a5 | wäntiśke lyāka se kapci |
| a6 | saṅkastere aryakāmetse ṣotri |
| a7 | stere ñānatewetse ṣotri |
| a8 | stere kalyānarakṣitetse ṣotri |
| a9 | stere ñānasenetse ṣotri |
Translation
(continues from HWB 74(1))
| a1 | The 12th month. |
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| a2 | (During) the 12th month, millet ā-l. as kapyāres' food has been spent: seventeen piculs. |
| a3 | The headman Suklyike's monthly millet l.: 1 picul, 1 peck. This (is) Kompile's finger-measure. |
| a4 | Wheat has been spent: Six pecks. |
| a5 | Wäntiśke has seen. This (is) finger-measure. |
| a6 | Aryakāme the Saṅkastere's sign |
| a7 | Ñānatewe the Elder's sign |
| a8 | Kalyānarakṣite the Elder's sign |
| a9 | Ñānasene the Elder's sign. |
References
other
Edition
Ching 2010: 310-311; ching2013c
Bibliography
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Huang, Wenbi. 1958. Talimu Pendi kaogu ji [Archaeological report on the Tarim Basin]. Beijing: Kexue Chubanshe.
