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PK DA M 507.2

Known as:PK DA M 507.2; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(2); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 2 [PK Cp 2]
Cite this page as:"PK DA M 507.2". 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_2 (accessed 05 Oct. 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):37.2 × 13.5–11.5 cm
Number of lines:11
Interline spacing:2.5–3 cm

Transliteration

a1śka ñce śa ktrai yne wa ltsa ssi ///
a2ya wi ca ka nma sa n[ai] ///
a3co ko ma kka ka pu tte yā – ///
a4wi ca ka nma 2 wi to¯ ¯m ///
a5śa kśwe rne sa ṅkā nme śwa si ///
a6ñu weṃ ne sa ṅkā nme ka pyā – ///
a7ka nma 5 «†[wi]» «†[to]»«†[¯]» «†[¯]»«†[m]» «†[2]» pi śt· – ///
a8wä rsa ññe i kaṃ ñu ne ka pyā re ///
a9śa¯ ¯k ta rya ca ka nma 10 3 to ///
a10pa lle tne ka la ṅka ntse wa ltsa [s]i ///
a11ca ka nma wi 2

Transcription

a1śkañce śak traiyne waltsassi /// (wā)¬
a2¬ya wi cakanma sanai ///
a3cokomakkaka putteyā(ne) ///
a4wi cakanma 2 wi tom ///
a5śak śwerne saṅkānme śwasi ///
a6ñuweṃne saṅkānme kapyā(res) /// (ca)¬
a7¬kanma 5 piś t(om) ///
a8wärsaññe ikäṃ ñune kapyāre(s) ///
a9śak tärya cakanma 10-3 to(wä) ///
a10pälletne kalaṅkantse waltsasi ///
a11cakanma wi 2

Translation

a1On the 13th day of the 10th (month), in order to mill ///
a2(sb.) [conveyed] ...: two piculs, one (peck) ///
a3On the same day, [Putteyāne] ///
a42 piculs, [2] pecks. ///
a5On the 14th day, in the monastery, ... (for) the food ///
a6On the last day of the month, [to/of] kapyāres in the monastery ///
a75 piculs, [5 pecks] ///
a8On the 29th day of the 11th (month), ... [to/of] kapyāres ///
a913 piculs, ... [pecks] ///
a10On the 15th day, ... to Kalaṅko in order to mill ///
a112 piculs. ///

Commentary

Parallel texts

*PK DA M 507.34

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008C
Tamai 2011C14

References

other

Pinault 0000: 1-2; Ching 2010: 170

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.