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Kg-012-YD-N-01

Known as:	Kg-012-YD-N-01
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kg-012-YD-N-01". 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-kg012ydn01 (accessed 21 Apr. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Kargha
Collection:	in situ
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Object
Material:	ocher on wall
Form:	Graffito

Transliteration

a1	i ndra de w[e] l[ā] ·te śa¯ ¯k
a2	·[i] – [kṣ]·ṃ ntsa śa ṅki wa te
a3	– – – e ṅ[s]· ·te

Transcription

a1	indradewe(ṃ) lā(n)te śak
a2	(p)i(ś) kṣ(u)ṃntsa śaṅki wate
a3	(-sa) – – eṅs(an)ten1

Translation

a1+	In regnal year fifteen of king Indradewe, (the) Śaṅki again took...

Other

a1	延繇跌王十 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 266-267)
a2	[五]年，Śaṅki 再次 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 266-267)
a3	拿到了...... (Zhao and Rong 2020: 266-267)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	This could also be restored as eṅs(a)te. However, Śaṅki looks like a plural.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 266-267; Ching 2017: 133

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (266-267), a2 (266-267), a3 (266-267)

Bibliography

Ching 2017

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.

Zhao and Rong 2020

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