HWB 74(3)
| Known as: | HWB 74(3) |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "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-hwb743 (accessed 27 Jul. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Duldur-akur |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | late |
| Script: | cursive |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
| Text subgenre: | Account |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Scroll |
Transliteration
| a1 | me ñe ra wa ñe |
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| a2 | ra wa ñe po me¯ ¯ñä ka pyā re¯ ¯s śwa si ṣṣe ā ka lye kśi ye la¯ ¯ś ca kaṃ ma śa¯ ¯k ṣu¯ ¯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 – – – «†to¯»«†¯m» ṣka¯ ¯s to¯ ¯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
| a1 | meñe rawañe |
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| a2 | rawañe po meñ kapyāres śwasiṣṣe āka lyekśiye laś cakaṃma śak ṣuk |
| a3 | suklyike mokotse meñe lyekśye cak tau se kompiletse kapci |
| a4 | ysāre laś ṣkas tom |
| a5 | wäntiśke lyāka se kapci n1 |
| a6 | saṅkastere aryakāmetse ṣotri |
| a7 | stere ñānatewetse ṣotri |
| a8 | stere kalyānarakṣitetse ṣotri |
| a9 | stere ñānasenetse ṣotri |
Translation
| a1 | Last month. |
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| a2 | For the whole last month, āka- and lyekśiye millet for consumption of the kapyāri was spent: seventeen piculs. |
| a3 | The month of Suklyike the Moko: lyekśiye-millet: a picul, a peck. This (is) the finger-measure of Kompile. |
| a4 | Wheat was spent: six pecks. |
| a5 | Wäntiśke saw it. This (is his) finger-measure. |
| a5 | Signature of the Saṅkastere Aryakāme. |
| a6 | Signature of the Stere Jñānatewe. |
| a7 | Signature of the Stere Kalyānarakṣite. |
| a8 | Signature of the Stere Jñānasene. |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| This document has never been signed by the people listed in the last 4 lines. | |
| n1 | The kapci-marking is missing here. |
References
Edition
Ching 2010: 309-310; Ching 2017: 101; Ching and Rong 2013; Huang 1958
Bibliography
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Ching, Chao-jung. 2017. 吐火罗语世俗文献与古代龟兹历史 – Tocharian secular texts and the history of Ancient Kucha. Beijing: Peking University Press.
Ching, Chao-jung, and Xinjiang Rong. 2013. “略論黃文弼所發現之四件龜茲語世俗文書 – On the four Kuchean secular documents found by Huang Wenbi.” In 黃文弼所獲西 域文獻論集 – Collected papers on the documents discovered by Huang Wenbi in the Western Regions, 290–312. Beijing: Science Press.
Huang, Wenbi. 1958. Talimu Pendi kaogu ji [Archaeological report on the Tarim Basin]. Beijing: Kexue Chubanshe.
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