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PK DA M 507.21
| Known as: | PK DA M 507.21; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(21); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 21 [PK Cp 21] |
| Cite this page as: | "PK DA M 507.21". 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_21 (accessed 13 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): | 67.2 × 10–11.2 cm |
| Number of lines: | 13 |
| Interline spacing: | 2–9.5 cm |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// lyi pa¯ ¯r ysā re śka ka lw❠¯m |
| a2 | /// – ysā re ma sa c❠¯k 1 |
| a3 | /// [¯ś] ysā re ma sa wi ca ka |
| a4 | /// [pi] śka lyā ka se ka pci |
| a5 | /// śke lyā ka se ka pci |
| a6 | /// ṣa¯ ¯m ca ka nma ṣka s 6 |
| a7 | /// pi śke lyā ka |
| a8 | /// [l]·¯ ¯ś ysā re wā ltsa ṣa¯ ¯m |
| a9 | /// [pi] [śke] [lyā] [ka] |
| a10 | /// [śk]· lyā ka se ka pci |
| a11 | /// ka se ka pci |
| a12 | /// yo śai ma ṣa¯ ¯m ysā re |
| a13 | /// – śke lyā ka se ka pci |
| b1 | se ysa re ṣṣe sa ṅkrā /// |
Transcription
Translation
| a1 | /// remainder (of ...). We immediately obtained the wheat: |
| a2 | /// ... wheat has been spent: 1 picul. |
| a3 | /// ... wheat has been spent for ... : [2] piculs. |
| a4 | /// ?-piśka has seen. This (is her) finger-measure. |
| a5 | /// ?-śka has seen. This (is his) finger-measure. |
| a6 | /// ... : 6 piculs. |
| a7 | /// [Kercapiśke] has seen. |
| a8 | /// We made (sb.) grind the wheat for ... |
| a9 | /// [Kercapiśke] has seen. |
| a10 | /// ... has seen. This (is his/her) finger-measure. |
| a11 | /// ... has seen. This (is his/her) finger-measure. |
| a12 | /// We made yośa* ... The wheat ... |
| a13 | /// ?-śke has seen. This (is his) finger-measure. |
Commentary
Remarks
| * | Consisting of an alignment of two paper sheets of 37,7 cm (lines 1–9), and 29,5 cm height (lines 10–14). |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
References
other
Pinault 0000: 26-27
Miscellaneous
Bibliography
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.