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Kizil WD-I-b5

Known as:	Kizil WD-I-b5
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kizil WD-I-b5". 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-kizilwdib5 (accessed 16 May 2026).
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	ṣka śce śa kṣ· ne yä kweṃ¯ ¯s mo ko tso ṅk[w]ā ne ṣa lywe ka mā te mu t[k]ā ntseṃ 2
b1	ṣu kta [ñ]ce ·[k]· sne kā ka ñyeṃ y· ·we – mo ko [t]so [ṅ]kwā ne ṣa ly[w]e k· m· t· [m]u t[kā] ntse 1 mo ko pū rṇe yā t[k]a |

Transcription

a1	ṣkaśce śak-ṣ(e)ne yäkweṃs moko tsoṅkwāne ṣalywe kamāte mutkāntseṃ 2
b1	ṣuktañce (ṣ)k(ä)sne kākañyeṃ y(äk)we(ṃs) moko tsoṅkwāne ṣalywe k(a)m(ā)t(e) mutkāntse 1 moko pūrṇe yātka

Translation

a1	Sixth month, on day eleven, the elder of the horses Tsoṅkwāne brought oil: 2 mutkāntse.
a1+	Seventh month, on day six, the elder of the inviting horses Tsoṅkwāne brouhgt oil: 1 mutkāntse.
b1	The elder Pūrṇe ordered it.

Other

a1	六月十一日，马众首领 Tsoṅkwāne 拿了奶油： 2 mutkāntse*。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 367-368)
b1	七月六日，请（僧）的马众首领 Tsoṅkwāne 拿了奶油：1 mutkāntse*。（这是净人）首领 Pūrṇe 吩咐了（的）。| (Zhao and Rong 2020: 367-368)

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	Ching 2017 cites this document as I-b6(=XQ0013)

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 367-368; Ching 2017: 318

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (367-368), b1 (367-368)