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Kz-118-ZS-Q-02

Known as:Kz-118-ZS-Q-02
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz. "Kz-118-ZS-Q-02". 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-kz118zsq02 (accessed 11 Oct. 2024).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil
Collection:in situ

Language and Script

Language:TB

Object

Material: ink on wall
Form:Graffito

Transliteration

a1|| [dha] [rma] – – – – – – nti [po] sa [pa] rā ·ī – – – [k]· [wtsai] – – – – – – ·ā – – – – – – [k]· [ñc]e
a2[p]o yä [r]·(·)i – – – ·ā – – – – – – – – – ·l· – ·i – (·)s̝a – – ·[w]· – – – ·s̝ä yai ··o
a3ce a kā l[k]sa – – – – – – – – – – – [tt]· – ·ñ· ··e – – – – – – – – meṃ – – –
a4lk· – – – – – – ·e – ·e – ·e – – l[yka] ///

Transcription

a1dharma – – – – – – nti po sa pa ·ī – – – wtsai – – – – – – ·ā – – – – – – ñce
a2po r·(·)i – – – ·ā – – – – – – – – – ·l··i(·)ṣä – – ·w· – – – ·ṣä yai ··o
a3ce akālksa – – – – – – – – – – – tt··ñ· ··e – – – – – – – – meṃ – – –
a4lk· – – – – – – ·e·e·e – – lyka ///

Commentary

Philological commentary

*This inscription has been scraped off with a sharp object. Also, close to the beginning someone drew a couple embracing.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 98-99

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

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