PK DA M 507.15
| Known as: | PK DA M 507.15; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(15); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 15 [PK Cp 15] |
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| Cite this page as: | "PK DA M 507.15". 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_15 (accessed 07 Sep. 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): | 38 × 12.5–10.5 cm |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
| Interline spacing: | 3–3.5 cm |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·o¯ ¯m 9 |
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| a2 | /// l· ā rye klā te cā¯ ¯k 1 |
| a3 | /// [l]ye kśi ma sa wi ca ka nma 2 |
| a4 | /// pa lye kśi ye ma sa ṣu¯ ¯k ca ka nma 7 ṣu¯ ¯k to¯ ¯m 7 |
| a5 | /// [ma] sa śa kṣe «†pi» ca ka nma to¯ ¯wä pi¯ ¯ś 10-1 5 |
Transcription
| a1 | /// (t)om 9 |
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| a2 | /// l· ārye klāte cāk 1 |
| a3 | /// lyekśi{ye} masa wi cakanma 2 |
| a4 | /// °pä lyekśiye masa ṣuk cakanma 7 ṣuk tom 7 |
| a5 | /// masa śak ṣe cakanma tow piś 10-1 5 |
Translation
| a1 | /// [9] pecks. |
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| a2 | /// (sb.) took ...: 1 picul. |
| a3 | /// the millet l. has been spent : 2 piculs. |
| a4 | /// ... the millet l. has been spent : 7 piculs, [7?, 8?] |
| a5 | /// ... [has been spent] : 11 piculs, 5 pecks. |
Commentary
Remarks
| Two hands: (1) lines 1–2, (2) lines 3–5. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | C |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
other
Pinault 0000: 20-21; Ching 2010: 200
Bibliography
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.
Pinault, Georges-Jean. 0000. “Textes économiques koutchéens.”
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
