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Kizil WD-II-5

Known as:Kizil WD-II-5
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz. "Kizil WD-II-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-kizilwdii5 (accessed 15 Dec. 2025).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil
Specific find spot:谷西区

Language and Script

Language:TB

Object

Material: ink on wood tablet
Form:Woodslip

Transliteration

a1– ndr· [p]· rr· ts· w[ā] kt· sā le ka mā nte cā¯ ¯k to wa 8 blank ta lu¯ ¯ś to wa 4
a2/// – se ñi sa [w]ā kte ka mā te to wa me ña ṣe to 7 blank sa l[e] mpu ko to wa 2
a3/// [k]· so¯ ¯ś kle se sā le ka mā nte to wa 9
a4– s[u] kle se sā «le» ka mā te wa 7
a5– me ñi ye ya¯ ¯p to wa 6
a6/// [t]· wa 6
a7/// to wa 6
b1/// ṣi a ka so¯ ¯ś kl· ·e [s]ā le ka mā nte cā¯ ¯k to [wa] 4
b2/// mā te k[l]e se to wa 8
b3/// pte pā ra tse me ña ṣe kle se sā le ka m[ā] nte cā¯ ¯k to wa 9
b4/// – ṣe ma ta te wai la ra cī we kle se sā le ka mā nte cā¯ ¯k to wa 3

Transcription

a1n1 /// (ca)ndr(e)p(ā)rr(ä)ts(e) wākt(e)-sāle kamānte cāk towan1 8 taluś towa 4
a2/// (saṅka)señisa wākte kamāte towa meñaṣe to(wa) 7
a3/// (a)k(a)soś klese-sāle kamānte towa 9
a4/// – su klese-sāle kamāte (to)wa 7
a5/// – meñiye yap towa 6
a6/// t(o)wa 6
a7/// towa 6
b1/// ṣi akasoś kl(es)e-sāle kamānte cāk towa 4
b2n2 /// (ka)māten2 klese towa 8
b3/// (gu)pte pārätse meñaṣe klese-sāle kamānte cāk towa 9
b4/// – ṣematate wai laracīwe klese-sāle kamānte cāk towa 3

Other

a1/// ......（与） ?-candre 拿了婆罗遮（？）的 wākte-sāle: 1 石 8 斗。Taluś: 4 斗。（或者：要给 Talu* 的：4 斗。） (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)
a2/// ......他拿了 wākte: 1 斗。月（粮）： 7［斗］。Salempuko: 2 斗。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)
a3/// ......他们拿了要给 [Akaso*] 的 klese-sāle: 9 斗。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)
a4/// ......他拿了 klese-sāle: 7 ［斗］。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)
a5/// ......月大麦： 6 斗。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)
a6/// ......6 ［斗］。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)
a7/// ......6 斗。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)
b1/// ......他们拿了要给 Akaso* 的 klese-sāle: 1 石 4 [斗]。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)
b2/// ［他拿了］klese: 8 斗 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)
b3/// ?-(gu)pte 拿了婆罗遮（？）的月用 klese-sāle: 1 石 9斗。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)
b4/// ......ṣematate 与 Laracīwe 拿了 klese-sāle: 1 石 3 斗。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1In the original edition, this is transliterated simply as 'cāk towa', i.e. cā kto wa. This must be a mistake
n2This could be nte as well, not mentioned in the original edition.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 381-383

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (381-383), a2 (381-383), a3 (381-383), a4 (381-383), a5 (381-383), a6 (381-383), a7 (381-383), b1 (381-383), b2 (381-383), b3 (381-383), b4 (381-383)

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

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