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PK DA M 507.1

Known as:	PK DA M 507.1; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(1); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 1 [PK Cp 1]
Cite this page as:	"PK DA M 507.1". 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-pkda507_1 (accessed 05 Dec. 2025).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Duldur-akur
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Account
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Size (h × w):	33.2–33.4 × ? cm
Number of lines:	7
Interline spacing:	2.6–5.7 cm

Transliteration

a1	pi¯ ¯ś kṣuṃ ntsa me ñye nai ma – ///
a2	wa ka nte ṣe 100 1 ke rca pi – ///
a3	co ko ma ka kka ke rca pi [ś]· ///
a4	o kta śke ṣṣe ṣo¯ ¯ṅk seṃ n·e· ///
a5	me ñe wa te śa¯ ¯k trai yne ke ///
a6	co ko ma kka ka ci «nau» pte neṃ nmeṃ ///
a7	cai yna cā neṃ ai ske ma – ///

Transcription

a1	piś kṣuṃntsa meñye naima(ñe) ///
a2	°wa känte ṣe 100-1 kercapi(śke) ///
a3	co komakakka kercapiś(ke) ///
a4	oktaśkeṣṣe ṣoṅk-seṃn(m)e(ṃ) ///
a5	meñe wate śak traiyne ke(rcapiśke) ///
a6	co komakkaka cinaupteneṃnmeṃ ///
a7	caiyna cāneṃ aiskema(ne) ///

Translation

a1	In the 5th regnal year, ... the 1st month ... ///
a2	...: 101. Kercapiśke ///
a3	On the very same day, Kercapiśke ... ///
a4	The day of Oktaśke. From Ṣoṅk-se(ṃ) ///
a5	The 2nd month. On the 13th day, [Kercapiśke] ///
a6	On the very same day, from Cinaupte ///
a7	Giving these coins ///

References

other

Pinault 0000: 1; Ching 2010: 187

Bibliography

Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 0000. “Textes économiques koutchéens.”