PK DA M 507.12

Known as:	PK DA M 507.12; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(12); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 12 [PK Cp 12]
Cite this page as:	"PK DA M 507.12". 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_12 (accessed 12 Mar. 2026).
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):	15.9–15.7 × 12–13.5 cm
Number of lines:	5
Interline spacing:	2–2.5 cm

Transliteration

a1	pi¯ ¯ś kṣuṃ ntsa me ñe ṣka ste ṣka[¯] [¯s] ///
a2	ya¯ ¯p wi ca ka nma 2 to – ///
a3	lyī pa¯ ¯r ysā re ta rya ca – – ///
a4	lyī pa¯ ¯r ā ka wi ca ka – ///
a5	lyī pa¯ ¯r lye kśe śwā ra ca ka – ///

Transcription

a1	piś kṣuṃntsa meñe ṣkaste ṣkas ///
a2	yap wi cakanma 2 to(wä) ///
a3	lyīpär ysāre tarya ca(kanma) ///
a4	lyīpär āka wi caka(nma) ///
a5	lyīpär lyekśe śwāra caka(nma) ///

Translation

a1	In the 5th regnal year, ... the 6th day of the 6th (month) ///
a2	... barley: 2 piculs, ... [pecks] ///
a3	The remainder wheat: three [piculs] ///
a4	The remainder millet ā.: two [piculs] ///
a5	The remainder millet l.: four [piculs] ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	Two hands: (1) lines 1–4, (2) line 5.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	C
Tamai 2011	C14

References

other

Pinault 0000: 17; Ching 2010: 172-173

Bibliography

Ching 2010

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

Peyrot 2008

Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.

Pinault 0000

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

Tamai 2011

Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.