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Kizil WD-I-a5

Known as:Kizil WD-I-a5
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz. "Kizil WD-I-a5". 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-kizilwdia5 (accessed 20 Jan. 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

a1pi ṅce ñu ne m[u] ku sa ṣa rwaiṃ klā te klai yna [y]ri[ṃ] 3 o ta¯ ¯k na [nd]· ·k· [ā] yo «†pa» ṣe pku we¯ ¯s̝ a llā waṃ ntse ṣā rwai k[l]ā [t]e 1 [pa] ñ[c]wa ri ke ṣa m· n[e] a rya so me lyā ka | pi ṅc· śa kne mu ku sa klaiṃ yri ta ñai ṣā rwai klā te 1 o ta¯ ¯k a la· śro ta ñai ṣa rw· klā te 1 no no [k]l· ///

Transcription

a1n1n2 piṅce ñune mukusa ṣarwaiṃ klāte klaiyna yriṃ 3 otak nand(aś)k(e) āyo(r)ṣe pkuweṣ allāwaṃntse ṣārwai klāte 1 pañcwarike ṣam(ā)ne aryasome lyāka । piṅc(e) śakne mukusa klaiṃ-yritañai ṣārwai klāte 1 otak ala(ṃ)-śrotañai ṣarw(ai) klāte 1 nono kl(ai) ///

Translation

a1Fifth month, on day nine, Mukusa brought meat: 3 young female sheep. Then Nandaśke brought meat of a twice teethed (?) mutton as a donation, 1. The Pañcwarike-monk Aryasome saw it. Fifth month, on day ten, Mukusa brought meat of a female young sheep, 1. Then he brought meat of a goat fawn, 1. Further, female...

Other

a1五月九日，Mukusa 拿了肉：母［绵羊］羔的 3 份。 然后 Nandaśke 又［拿了］送礼用的（？）二齿阉公（？）绵羊的肉：1 份。 Pañcwarike 沙门 Aryasome 看到了。｜五月十日，Mukusa 拿了母绵羊羔的肉：1 份。然后拿了公山羊羔的肉：1 份。还（拿了）......[母］....../// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 346-347)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1The «†pa» is crossed out in the original.
n2Looks more like yrī.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 346-347; Ching 2017: 318

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (346-347)

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.