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Kz-145-ZS-R-09

Known as:	Kz-145-ZS-R-09
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kz-145-ZS-R-09". 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-kz145zsr09 (accessed 10 Oct. 2024).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil
Collection:	in situ
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Object
Material:	charcoal on wall
Form:	Graffito

Transliteration

a1	/// [śa] [k]ñu kṣu ntsa [lā] [nte] – – [te] wi kṣu [tsa] śta rc[e] me ne [śa] – k(·)[e] ///

Transcription

a1	/// śak-ñu kṣuntsa lānte – – tewin1 kṣutsa śtarce mene śa – k(·)e ///

Translation

a1	In regnal year nineteen of king ?-tewe, in the fourth month...

Other

a1	/// 十九年，......王之治年，四月十（？）日...... (Zhao and Rong 2020: 104-105)

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	The way the date is written here is rather strange. One would expect the name of the king to be written before lānte, not after. Also, one kṣutsa is superfluous here. For a similar example, see Kz-145-ZS-R-14.
n1	Could be Indradewe, cf. Kg-012-YD-N-01. Sadly, the precise date of this king's rule is not known.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 104-105

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (104-105)

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

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