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Kizil WD-I-a2

Known as:Kizil WD-I-a2
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz. "Kizil WD-I-a2". 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-kizilwdia2 (accessed 10 Jul. 2025).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil
Specific find spot:谷西区
Collection:Xinjiang Kucha Academy (Kizil)

Language and Script

Language:TB

Object

Material: ink on wood tablet
Form:Woodslip

Transliteration

a1– ·e (–) – ··ṃ [o] ··e ·i ·i ·ā ·e [o] – ·e ·e ·e – – ··ṃ – ·ai – – – ··e – | ·i ·e ·ai ·e ·i ·i ·ā ·e [o] ·[o] ·[e] ·e ·[e] – (–) ·i ··ṃ – ·ai ·ā r·ai ··[ā] ·e [1] – [la]ṃ ··o – ·ai ·ā r[w]ai [k]·ā ·e 1 | ·a ·o [k]·aiṃ ś·o ta [ñ]ai ṣā rwai ///

Transcription

a1(wac)e (ikä)ṃ-o(kn)e (m)i(k)i(s)ā(n)e o(rocc)e (k)e(m)e(sa) (a)·(a)ṃ(tañ)·ai (ṣarwai) (klāt)e (1) । (tr)i(c)e (tr)ai(yn)e (m)i(k)i(s)ā(n)e o(r)o(cc)e (k)e(m)e(sa) (ar)i(wa)ṃ(tañ)ai (ṣ)ār(w)ai (kl)ā(t)e 1 (a)laṃ-(śr)o(tañ)ai (ṣ)ārwai k(l)ā(t)e 1 । (n)a(n)o k(l)aiṃ-ś(r)otañai ṣārwai ///

Translation

a1Second month, on day twenty eight, Mikisāne brought meat of a she-goat with large teeth (?), 1. Third month, on day three, Mikisāne brought meat from an ariwe with large teeth, 1. He brought meat of a male goat fawn, 1. Further, (he brought) meat of a female goat fawn...

Other

a1［二（？）月二十八日，Mikisāne 拿了足齿......羊的肉：1 份。］｜［三（？）月三日，Mikisāne 拿了足齿 ariwe* 的肉：1 份；拿了公山羊羔的肉］: 1 份。｜ 然后（他）又（拿了）［母山羊羔的］肉 ...... /// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 341-342)

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 341-342

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (341-342)

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

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