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Kz-221-ZS-D-06

Known as:	Kz-221-ZS-D-06
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Kz-221-ZS-D-06". 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-kz221zsd06 (accessed 12 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	pai yk[ā] r[e] 20 6 kṣu ntsa śta rc[e] 20 [7] ne [y]śu [kw]· l· [n]·· [no] [c]e¯ ¯y ¤ śi la caṃ dre [pai] ka

Transcription

a1	n1 paiykāre 20-6 kṣuntsa śtarce 20-7 ne yśukw(ā) l(ā)n(ti) no cey ¤śilacaṃdre paika

Translation

a1	They wrote: in regnal year 26, fourth (month), day 27 of king Yśukwā.
a1	Śilandre wrote (this).

Other

a1	诸人题。［Yśukwā 王］二十六年四月二十［七］日。......¤ Śilacaṃdre［题］。 (Zhao and Rong 2020: 169)

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	The transliteration has been taken from Zhao and Rong 2020: 169.
*	The transcription has been taken from Zhao and Rong 2020: 169.
n1	looks like 金

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020; Ching 2017: 140

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (169)

Bibliography

Ching 2017

Ching, Chao-jung. 2017. 吐火罗语世俗文献与古代龟兹历史 – Tocharian secular texts and the history of Ancient Kucha. Beijing: Peking University Press.

Zhao and Rong 2020

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