PK DA M 507.22

Known as:	PK DA M 507.22; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(22); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 22 [PK Cp 22]
Cite this page as:	"PK DA M 507.22". 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_22 (accessed 14 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 × 11.8–10 cm
Number of lines:	17
Interline spacing:	2.5–3 cm

Transliteration

a1	me ñe ṣu kta nte ra knā ṣe ///
a2	6 pra wa ri ka ṣṣe ce pyā r[e] ///
a3	śa kṣu¯ ¯k kne ño¯ ¯r kwa ṣai y[n]e ///
a4	i kaṃ ṣka sne kwa ṣai ṣa mā ///
a5	o kta ñce pi¯ ¯ś me ña ntse n· ///
a6	ka mā te wi to¯ ¯m 2 ///
a7	i kaṃ trai yne ke rca pi śke [kwa] ///
a8	wi to ma 2 to no i [ndr]· ///
a9	ka mā te wi to¯ ¯m [2] ///
a10	ñu ñce ṣka¯ ¯s me ña ntse ne ///
a11	to ma 2 o¯ ¯k me ña [ntse] ///
a12	śa kñu ne ke rca pi śke y[ä] ///
a13	mā te 5 «†i» «†kaṃ» ///
a14	śka ñce ṣka¯ ¯s ne ke rca pi – ///
a15	i kaṃ ne pe rñi śke kwa ṣai ///
a16	i kaṃ śwe rne ke rca pi ś[ke] ///
a17	ksai yntse śro ka nta ño ///

Transcription

a1	meñe ṣuktante räknāṣe ///
a2	6 prawarikäṣṣe ce {ka}pyāre ///
a3	śak ṣukkne ñor kwaṣaiyne ///
a4	ikäṃ ṣkasne kwaṣai ṣamā° ///
a5	oktañce piś meñantse n(e) ///
a6	kamāte wi tom 2 ///
a7	ikäṃ traiyne kercapiśke kwa(ṣai)° ///
a8	wi tom{†ä} 2 tono indr·° ///
a9	kamāte wi tom 2 ///
a10	ñuñce ṣkas meñantse -ne ///
a11	tom{†ä} 2 ok meñantse ///
a12	śak ñune kercapiśke yä ///
a13	māte 5 ///
a14	śkañce ṣkas ne kercapi(śke) ///
a15	ikäṃne perñiśke kwaṣai ///
a16	ikäṃ śwerne kercapiśke /// (ṣomo)¬
a17	¬ksaiyntse śrokanta ño ///

Translation

a1	The 7th month. Räktāṣe... ///
a2	[6]. The [kapyāre?] ... pertaining to pravāraṇa ... ///
a3	On the 17th day, ... in the rural settlement downstream ... ///
a4	On the 26th day, ... the rural settlement Ṣamā-? ///
a5	[On] the 5th day of the 8th (month), ///
a6	(sb.) took ...: 2 pecks. ///
a7	On the 23rd day, Kercapiśke ... [rural settlement]... ///
a8	2 pecks. tono (?) Indra-? ///
a9	(sb.) took: 2 pecks ///
a10	On the 6th day of the 9th (month) ///
a11	[2] pecks. On the 8th day [of the month], ///
a12	On the 19th day, Kercapiśke ... ///
a13	(sb.) [took]: 5. ///
a14	On the 6th day of the 10th (month), Kercapiśke ///
a15	On the 20th day. Perñiśke ... rural settlement ... ///
a16	On the 24th day. Kercapiśke ///
a17	... ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	Consisting of an alignment of two paper sheets of 37,9 cm (lines 1–14), and 29,3 cm height (lines 15–17).

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	C
Tamai 2011	C14

References

other

Pinault 0000: 27-28; Ching 2010: 201-202

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.