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Kz-181-ZS-Z-01

Known as:	Kz-181-ZS-Z-01
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kz-181-ZS-Z-01". 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-kz181zsz01 (accessed 29 Apr. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil
Collection:	in situ
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Object
Material:	ocher on wall
Form:	Graffito

Transliteration

a1	i kaṃ śwe rkṣu ntsa śta rce me ne pai kā ntsa ra kta se ne pta nma [śe] ma
a2	ṣka¯ ¯s pai kā ntsä mpa ṣto lo mpi śke ku mpa nti le ra kta tā se [vu] [k]t· – – –

Transcription

a1	n1 ikäṃ-śwer kṣuntsa śtarce mene paikāntsa raktasene ptanma śem
a2	n2 ṣkas paikāntsämpa ṣtolompiśke kumpantile raktatāse vukt(a) – – –

Translation

a1+	In regnal year twenty four in the fourth month, the painter Raktasene came to the stūpas together with six (other) painters: Ṣtolompiśke, Kumpantile, Raktatāse, Vukta-?...

Other

a1	二十四年四月，书画人 Raktasene 至诸佛塔 /// (Zhao and Rong 2020: 109-110)
a2	随（行）六名书画人 Ṣtolompiśke、Kumpantile、Raktatāse、 Vukta－？ (Zhao and Rong 2020: 109-110)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	The editors suggest that this is a mistake for śe¯ ¯m.
n2	According to the editors, the correct form would be *paikāntsanämpa.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 109-110

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (109-110), a2 (109-110)

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

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