Kucha 191

Known as:	Kucha 191; Or 8212.1855.b; Or. 8212/1855(b)
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kucha 191". 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-kucha191 (accessed 13 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kucha
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
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Scroll
Size (h × w):	10 × 21.9 cm
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	/// k· – – – – [k]· – – ñ· – – – ///
a2	cā¯ ¯k lye kśai sa cā neṃ kā mai po re tse pa ka na yä ///
a3	ma ṅku sa ko sa śwā ra ca kaṃ ma pi śto¯ ¯m ysā re sa cā neṃ śā [m]· ///
a4	·[i] – – – sa nai tau ysā re ple ṅ[k]· wa ṣ··¯ ¯s yä l··e o ///

a1	/// k· – – – (pa)k(ana) (cā)ñ(i) – – – ///
a2	cāk lyekśaisa cāneṃ kāmai poretse pakana yä(ltse) ///
a3	maṅkusäkosa śwāra cakaṃma piś tom ysāresa cāneṃ śām· ///
a4	(w)i (cakaṃma) sanai tau ysāre pleṅk(u)wa ṣ(ka)s yäl(ts)e o(k) ///

a1	... for the sake of... coins...
a2	I took coins for a picul lyekśiye-millet: for the sake of Pore, thousand...
a3	For four piculs five pecks wheat as maṅkusäko, coins...
a4	I sold two piculs, one peck wheat: six thousand eight...