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Kizil WD-I-b1

Known as:Kizil WD-I-b1
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz. "Kizil WD-I-b1". 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-kizilwdib1 (accessed 24 May 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/// śta rce pa le tne ke re pta ña kau śwā le wa sa ma lwe¯ ¯r ku nti nta 6 trai wo la¯ ¯ś ku nti nta 4 | ñweṃ ne ku[ś]i ñe wa lo ś[w]ā le wa sa ma lwe¯ ¯r la¯ ¯ś k[u] nti nta 6 trai wo ku nti nta [2] ///
b1/// śta rce i kaṃ śtwe rne ra sne kā ka teṃ ntse pe lyi[ṃ] mo ko ra w[aṃ] ś[k]e ṣa lywe ka mā te mu tkā ntseṃ 3 ///

Transcription

a1/// śtarce päletne kereptañakau śwāle wasa malwer kuntinta 6 traiwo laś kuntinta 4 । ñweṃne kuśiñe walo śwāle wasa malwer laś kuntinta 6 traiwo kuntinta 2 ///
b1/// śtarce ikäṃ-śtwerne rasne kāka teṃntse pely(k)iṃ moko rawaṃśke ṣalywe kamāte mutkāntseṃ 3 ///

Translation

a1Fourth month, on the full-moon day, Kereptañ-akau gave food. Milk, 6 kunti, traiwo was spent: 4 kunti. On the first day of the month, the king of Kucha gave food. Milk was spent: 6 kunti. traiwo: 2 kunti.
b1On the fourth month, on day twenty four, Rasne invited (the monks to eat). For this reason, the elder Rawaṃske brought oil: 3 mutkāntse.

Other

a1/// 四月十五日，羯猎颠 Akau 给了食物。鲜奶（支出了）6 kunti。 酸奶支出了 4 kunti。 ｜ 三十日， 龟兹王给了食物。 鲜奶支出了 6 kunti。酸奶（支出了） [2] kunti。/// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 360-361)
b1/// 四月廿四日，Rasne 招待（僧众）。 因为这个缘故，首领 Rawaśke 拿了奶油：3 mutkāntse* /// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 360-361)

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 360-361; Ching 2017: 216; 219

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (360-361), b1 (360-361)

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.