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Kg-025-YD-W-02

Known as:	Kg-025-YD-W-02
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kg-025-YD-W-02". 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-kg025ydw02 (accessed 12 Feb. 2026).
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	ṣa ·i re [śi] [l]· va[ṃ] nde [tu] ·ā ·[e]
a2	p[a] – – [no] ku ma [ṣ]·
a3	tu tse ṣo tri [p]· ·[k]· –

Transcription

a1	ṣa(rm)ire śil(a)vaṃnde tu ·ā ·e
a2	pa – no ku ma ṣ·
a3	tutse ṣotri p(aiy)k(a)

Translation

a1	The monk Śilavande... it...
a2+	... wrote proof thereof.

Other

a1	沙弥 、持戒者...... (Zhao and Rong 2020: 278-279)
a2	...... (Zhao and Rong 2020: 278-279)
a3	写其记。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 278-279)

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 278-279

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (278-279), a2 (278-279), a3 (278-279)

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

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