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Kz-181-QS-L-02

Known as:	Kz-181-QS-L-02
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kz-181-QS-L-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-kz181qsl02 (accessed 18 Nov. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil
Collection:	in situ
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Object
Material:	engraving on wall
Form:	Graffito

Transliteration

a1	pi śkṣu ntsa yśu h·(·)ā – [lā] nti pi kwe[ṃ] [la] ·(·)[e] ///
a2	wi re wai [cu] l[ā] [tā] se [śa] [nta] [ttā] re ///

Transcription

a1	piś kṣuntsa yśuh(kw)ā – lānti pi kweṃ la ·(·)e ///
a2	wire wai culātāse śantattāren1 ///

Translation

a1+	In regnal year five of king Yśuhkwā, in the dog-year (?)... ?-wire and Culātāse, Śantattāre...

Other

a1	Yśuhkwā 王五年......狗年（？）...... (Zhao and Rong 2020: 111)
a2	?-wire 与 [Cu]lā[tā]se、[Śantattā]re /// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 111)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	According to the editors from *śānta-dhāra-.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 111

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (111), a2 (111)

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

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