Ot 13.1
| Known as: | Ot 13.1 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "Ot 13.1". 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-ot131 (accessed 19 Nov. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kucha |
| Collection: | Tokyo National Museum |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | late |
| Script: | cursive |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
| Text subgenre: | Account |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Scroll |
Transliteration
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| a2 | tne¯ ¯k pta ce pa kre ṣṣai lāṃ sa spa wā¯ ¯r ta rya tma ne wi ltse pi |
| a3 | ¯ś kaṃ nte pśā ka : wi wä ssa nma¯ ¯ś cā [ñ]i pi[¯] [¯]ś tma ne ṣka syi ltse |
| a4 | wi kaṃ nte i kaṃ o¯ ¯k : kro śśe maṃ ñe ka ryau wi kaṃ nte śa kkau mma sa |
| a5 | a le ka¯ ¯k yā śa kau mñe¯ ¯s pau śye e ñci¯ ¯l kaṃ nte i kaṃ kau mma sa |
Transcription
| a1 | illegible |
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| a2 | tne-k ptace pakreṣṣai lāṃs aspawār tarya tmane wiltse pi¬ |
| a3 | ¬ś käṃnte pśāka : wi wässanmaś cāñi piś tmane ṣkas yiltse |
| a4 | wi käṃnte ikäṃ ok : krośśemaṃñe käryau wi käṃnte śak kaummasa |
| a5 | alekak yāśa kaumñes pauśye eñcil kaṃnte ikäṃ kaummasa |
Translation
| a2 | Therein, the the processionn1 work aspawār: thirty two thousand five |
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| a3 | hundred fifty two (coins). Coins for clothes: fifty six thousand |
| a4 | two hundred twenty eight. A krośśe-maṃñe (was) bought for two hundred ten bolts of silk. |
| a5 | Another thing: yāsa was levied for the kaumñes: one hundred twenty bolts of silk. |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | For ptace-prakreṣṣei and chin. 行像, see Ching 2010: 342. |
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References
Edition
Ching 2010: 341-342; Kagawa 1915; Inokuchi 1961; Inokuchi 1980: 279
Bibliography
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Inokuchi, Taijun. 1961. Buddhist Manuscripts and Secular Documents of the Ancient Languages in Central Asia. Monumenta Seridica, IV. Kyoto.
Inokuchi, Taijun. 1980. 西域出土佛典の研究『西域考古圖譜』の漢文佛典 – A study on the Buddhist texts unearthed at Central Asia based upon Chinese Buddhist texts in the “Archaeological albums of the Otani collection” (Saiiki koko zufu, 2). Kyoto: Ryukoku University. http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/I-1-E-18/V-2/.
Kagawa, Mokushiki. 1915. 西域考古圖譜 – Illustrated Catalogue of Central Asian Antiquities. 2 vols. Tokyo: Kokkasha. http://dsr.nii.ac.jp/toyobunko/I-1-E-18/V-2/.
