Kucha 190
| Known as: | Kucha 190; Or. 8212/1855(a) |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "Kucha 190". 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-kucha190 (accessed 19 May 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz |
Provenience | |
| Collection: | British Library (London) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | late |
| Script: | cursive |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
| Text subgenre: | Account |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Preceding fragment: | HWB 74(4) |
| Following fragment: | Kucha 191 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Scroll |
| Size (h × w): | 9.2 × 23.1 cm |
| Number of lines: | 3 |
Transliteration
(continues from HWB 74(4))
| a1 | wa nti śke wi ca kaṃ ma sa nai tau mlyo ko tau ple ksa o kta ka¯ ¯[r] /// |
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| a2 | su ta ne pe rnai yśe ntse pa ka na re tke meṃ a ṣkā rka meṃ wrä ttsai se¯ ¯ś ṣka sto¯ ¯m tre yṣa ṅkaṃ ly[e] /// |
| a3 | ca nta ne cā¯ ¯k ñu to¯ ¯m mlyo ko tau ple ksa ṣu kta ka¯ ¯r pi¯ ¯ś cā ñi yä |
(continues on Kucha 191)
Transcription
(continues from HWB 74(4))
| a1 | wantiśke wi cakaṃma sanai tau mlyokotau pleksa oktakar /// |
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| a2 | sutane pernaiyśentse pakana retkemeṃ aṣkār kameṃ wrättsaiseś ṣkas tom trey ṣaṅkäṃ lye(kśai) /// |
| a3 | cantane cāk ñu tom mlyokotau pleksa ṣuktakar piś cāñi yä(ltse) |
(continues on Kucha 191)
Translation
(continues from HWB 74(4))
| a1 | Wantiśke sold two piculs, one peck mlyokotau: for eighty (coins) each... |
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| a2 | (Some people) came back from the army for the sake of Sutane and Pernaiyśe. For their reception, six pecks, three pints lyekśiye-millet... |
| a3 | Cantane sold a picul, nine pecks mlyokotau: for seventy five (coins) each, (amounting to) a thousand coins. |
(continues on Kucha 191)
References
Online access
Edition
Ching 2010: 338; Ching 2017: 103; Ching and Ogihara 2012: 92; Ching 2012: 314-315
Translations
Thomas 1957: a1 (146), a2 (147), a3 (146)
Bibliography
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” {PhD}, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Ching, Chao-jung. 2012. “略论黄文弼所发现之四件龟兹世俗文书.” In Proceedings of the 1st International Colloquium on ancient manuscripts and literatures of the minorities in China, edited by Jianming Huang, Hongyin Nie, and Lan Ma, 303–24. Beijin: Mínzú Chūbǎnshè.
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.
Ching, Chao-jung, and Hirotoshi Ogihara. 2012. “On a Tocharian B monastic account kept in the Otani Collection.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 13: 77–115.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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