Kucha 191
| Known as: | Kucha 191; Or 8212.1855.b; Or. 8212/1855(b) |
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| 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 26 May 2024). |
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· – – – /// |
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| 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 /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// k· – – – (pa)k(ana) (cā)ñ(i) – – – /// |
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| 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) /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... for the sake of... coins... |
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| 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... |
References
Online access
Edition
Ching 2010: 338; Ching 2012: 315; Ching 2017: 104
Translations
Thomas 1957: a1 (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.
“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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