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PK DA M 507.16

Known as:PK DA M 507.16; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(16); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 16 [PK Cp 16]
Cite this page as:"PK DA M 507.16". 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_16 (accessed 18 Jan. 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):36.8–36.6 × 11.2–9.9 cm
Number of lines:5
Interline spacing:1–3 cm

Transliteration

a1me ñe nai ma ñe śa¯ ¯k trai yne pr· ///
a2na nda de we «ntse» wsā wa ka nte i – ///
a3me ñe wa te śa¯ ¯k trai yne ke rca pi śke ///
a4co ko ma¯ ¯k ci nau pteṃ nmeṃ lye kśai ·e ///
a5cā neṃ pa lle tne a na nda de we [ntse] ///

Transcription

a1meñe naimañe śak traiyne pr· /// (a)¬
a2¬nandadewentse wsāwa kante i(käṃ) ///
a3meñe wate śak traiyne kercapiśke ///
a4co komak cinaupteṃnmeṃ lyekśai ·e ///
a5cāneṃ pälletne anandadewentse ///

Translation

a1The 1st month. On the 13th day, ... ///
a2I gave to Anandadewe: one hundred and [twenty] ///
a3The 2nd month. On the 13th day, Kercapiśke ///
a4On the same day, from Cinaupte ... millet l. ///
a5... coins. On the 15th day, ... [to/of] Anandadewe ///

References

other

Pinault 0000: 21-22; Ching 2010: 187-188

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.

Pinault 0000

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