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Kizil BS-5

Known as:	Kizil BS-5
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kizil BS-5". 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-kizilbs5 (accessed 17 Aug. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil
Specific find spot:	谷西区
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Scroll

Transliteration

a1	/// [ya] ///
a2	/// ·[t]ra a mā cä nts[o] ///
a3	/// dra ṣṭā¯ ¯nt me [n]· ///
a4	/// [rwo] ya ma ṣle :
b1	/// n· s̝a ke [dra] ///
b2	/// [¯nt] ā ra 20 1 || ///
b3	/// [ne] [nt](·)e ka rśai ya ma ///

Transcription

a1	/// ya ///
a2	/// (n)trä amācäntso ///
a3	/// dräṣṭānt men· ///
a4	/// rwo yamaṣle : ///
b1	/// n· ṣäke drä(ṣtānt) ///
b2	/// (drästā)nt āra 20-1 ॥ ///
b3	/// nent(s)e karśai yama ///

Translation

a2	... of the ministers...
a3	... simile...
a4	... to be done...
b1	... simile...
b2	... the simile is over...
b3	... do karśai...

Other

a1	［不可译］ (Zhao and Rong 2020: 399-400)
a2	/// ......他们做......大臣们的....../// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 399-400)
a3	/// ......譬喻、譬喻 （？）....../// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 399-400)
a4	/// 应该做....../// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 399-400)
b1	/// ......譬喻....../// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 399-400)
b2	/// ......譬喻终。||...... /// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 399-400)
b3	/// ......对沙门 （？）做....../// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 399-400)

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 399-400

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (399-400), a2 (399-400), a3 (399-400), a4 (399-400), b1 (399-400), b2 (399-400), b3 (399-400)

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

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