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Kz-211-ZS-R-05

Known as:	Kz-211-ZS-R-05
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kz-211-ZS-R-05". 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-kz211zsr05 (accessed 19 Jun. 2025).
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	tto tka nta ya ti ·[ṣa] mya śa : ṣra [rma] [t]e na ca la [ṣ]ya t[e] : a [ṣa] s̝a – ma nu ta¯ ¯ñ [śa] : [ka] [y]· – – – ·o [pa] ··[e] : – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – to[¯] [¯t] ·[au] ta – pai – – – –
a2	[sa] ṅka nai mo ksa a mrau [ka] ska [ca] [o] [rk]· ·[ya] [ma] [k]·e [m](·)· n[i] sa[¯] [¯c] yä si jñi – – – – [ṣya] [ṣ]ñi k[t]e ·(·)e r[r]i tu s[r]a m[a] [au] – – – ly[e] [l](·)· – – – ·(·)[i] – – – ·(·)[ā] – – [o] ·ā – a – – – r· ñc[ai] (·)[k]· – – – ·ā – ·ñ· ki : [p]o te [kṣu] – – w[sī] ta pra – – – l[sk]o
a3	au [ñ]· ··[e] – – m[ai] [ṣk]e – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ·[o] me te ·[ā] – – – 1

Transcription

a1	tto tkan1 nta ya ti ·ṣa mya śa : ṣra rma te na ca la ṣya te : a ṣa ṣä – ma nu tañ śa : ka y· – – – ·o pa ··e : – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – tot ·au ta – pai – – – –
a2	sa ṅka nai mo ksa a mrau kä ska ca o rk· ·ya mä k·e m(·)· ni sac yä si jñi – – – – ṣya ṣñi kte ·(·)e rri tu sra ma au – – – lye l(·)· – – – ·(·)i – – – ·(·)ā – – o ·ā – a – – – r· ñcai (·)k· – – – ·ā – ·ñ· ki : po te kṣu – – wsī ta pra – – – lsko
a3	au ñ· ··e – – mai ṣke – – – – – – – – – – – – – – ·o me te ·ā – – – 1

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	This inscription exhibits a graphic idiosyncrasy: Vowel akṣaras are not written with their usual shapes, but by adding vowel diacritics to ‹a›. The editors mention Kz-211-ZS-R-05, Kz-211-ZS-R-06 and Kz-211-ZS-L-01, exhibiting the same kind of idiosyncrasy, all in the same cave as this inscription.
n1	Maybe totka, according to the editors 'suddenly'.

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 123

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

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