PK DA M 507.24

Known as:	PK DA M 507.24; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(24); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 24 [PK Cp 24]
Cite this page as:	"PK DA M 507.24". 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_24 (accessed 24 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):	27.6–26 × 29.5 cm
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	cā neṃ nt[s]a [40] sa w[ä] nti śkeṃ ntse ka pci
a2	/// [to]¯ ¯m mo¯ ¯t ka ryā mtte śkā rṣka¯ ¯s
a3	cā neṃ ntsa 30 2 w· nt· śke lyā ka śa rsa se ka pci
a4	la rai śe lyā ka śa rsa se ka pci
a5	10 3 ṣka sk[au] mna ṣṣe sa o lā kwāṃ ṣe śo moṃ ntse śka śe ci na mi
a6	treṃ ntse cā neṃ wsā wa 30 6 ci nau pte lyā ka • se ka pci
a7	śwe rkṣu na ṣṣeṃ • nai ma ñe 10 4 o lā kwāṃ ṣe śi ṅkeṃ nt[s]e cā neṃ –
a8	·e ///

Transcription

a1	cāneṃntsa 40 sa wäntiśkeṃntse kapci
a2	/// tom mot käryāmtte śkār ṣkäs
a3	cāneṃntsa 30-2 w(ä)nt(i)śke lyāka śarsa se kapci
a4	laraiśe lyāka śarsa se kapci
a5	10-3 ṣkas kaumnaṣṣesa olākwāṃṣe śomoṃntse śka śe{m} cinami¬
a6	¬treṃntse cāneṃ wsāwa 30-6 cinaupte lyāka • se kapci
a7	śwer kṣunaṣṣeṃ • naimañe 10-4 olākwāṃṣe śiṅkeṃntse cāneṃ
a8	·e ///

Translation

a1	... at (the total price of) 40 coins. Wantiśke's finger-measure.
a2+	/// We bought (for/by?) ourselves ... pecks of alcoholic beverage, at (the unit price of) sixteen; at (the total price of) 32. Wantiśke has seen (and) recognized. This (is) his finger-measure. Laraiyśe has seen (and) recognized. This (is) his finger-measure.
a5+	On the day 13, because of (sth.) for six days on the side of Olākwāṃ people, (Cinamitre) came hither. I gave Cinamitre coins: 36. Cinaupte has seen. This (is his) finger-measure.
a7	(For the tax ?) of the 4th regnal year, on the day 14 of the 1st (month, I gave) coins to Śiṅke of Olākwaṃ ...
a8	...

Commentary

Remarks

*	PK DA M 507.7 and PK DA M 507.24 most probably belong to the same manuscript (Ching 2010: 184).

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	C
Tamai 2011	C14

References

other

Pinault 0000: 31-32; Ching 2010: 185-187

Miscellaneous

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.