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PK DA M 507.28

Known as:	PK DA M 507.28; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(28); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 28 [PK Cp 28]
Cite this page as:	"PK DA M 507.28". 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_28 (accessed 08 Feb. 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):	137.3 × 14.4–9.4 cm
Number of lines:	35
Interline spacing:	2–9 cm

Transliteration

a1	pi¯ ¯ś kṣuṃ ntsa me ñe ṣka ste ṣka¯ ¯s m· [ñ]· – – ///
a2	lyī pa¯ ¯r ya¯ ¯p ca ka n· ·i ///
a3	lyī pa¯ ¯r ysā re ca ka – ///
a4	lyī pa¯ ¯r ā ka ca ka [n]· ///
a5	lyī pa¯ ¯r lye kśe ca ka [n]· ///
a6	[k]e [r]· ///
a7	śa¯ ¯k me ña ntse ne ke rca ·[i] – ///
a8	si cā¯ ¯k 1 ///
a9	śwe lyā ṅkne ma sa to wä ///
a10	ñwe ma ṣṣe śā tre y[i] ///
a11	pi¯ ¯ś kṣuṃ ntsa nā śmi lā nti śai [yy]e – – – ///
a12	ñwe ma ṣṣe o «ko» ṣṣe ya¯ ¯p klā ·[e] ///
a13	i kaṃ ṣka sne ke rca pi śke ku ṣ·ai ///
a14	me ñe ṣu kta nte trai me ña ntse [n]· ///
a15	i kaṃ ṣka sne ke rca pi śke ku – ///
a16	to wä śwā ra 4 ///
a17	me ñe ñu nte śwe rme ña ntse [c]i ·au ///
a18	ta rya 20 3 ///
a19	pi¯ ¯ś me ña ntse ne pu tte yā n· ///
a20	ṣkä¯ ¯s 10 6 ///
a21	śka ñce śa ktrai yne pa ka [cā] [ñ]· – ///
a22	śa¯ ¯k 10 ///
a23	i kaṃ ne ke rca pi śke wai su [ta] ·[e] ///
a24	i kaṃ ṣe ne waṃ nti śke ku ṣai me· ///
a25	me ñe wä «rsa» ññe pra ti wa kne [k]· ///
a26	pi¯ ¯ś 5 ///
a27	pi¯ ¯ś me ña ntse ne ca lyī ñi ///
a28	śa kṣe ne e rka ntso le ku – ///
a29	i kaṃ pi śne w[aṃ] nnti śke ku[ṃ] «tsā»· m· ///
a30	ra pa ñe i kaṃ wi ne waṃ ·i – ///
a31	i kaṃ śwe rne ke rca pi śke ku ///
a32	i kaṃ pi śne waṃ nti śke pa ///
a33	śka ñce śa ktrai yne ke rca pi śke wai ///
a34	ca ka nma śwā ra 4 to wä śwā [ra] – ///
a35	ra pa ñe pa lle tne ka la ṅk[o] ///

Transcription

a1	piś kṣuṃntsa meñe ṣkaste ṣkas m(e)ñ(antse) (-ne) ///
a2	lyīpär yap cakan(ma) (w)i ///
a3	lyīpär ysāre caka(nma) ///
a4	lyīpär āka cakan(ma) ///
a5	lyīpär lyekśe cakan(ma) ///
a6	ker(ca) ///
a7	śak meñantse -ne kerca(p)i(śke) ///
a8	°si cāk 1 ///
a9	śwelyāṅkne masa towä ///
a10	ñwemaṣṣe śātre yi ///
a11	piś kṣuṃntsa nāśmi lānti śaiyye (pikulne) ///
a12	n1 ñwemaṣṣe okoṣṣe yap klā(t)e ///
a13	ikäṃ ṣkasne kercapiśke kuṣ(ṣ)ai(meṃ) ///
a14	meñe ṣuktante trai meñantse -n(e) ///
a15	ikäṃ ṣkasne kercapiśke ku(ṣṣaimeṃ) ///
a16	towä śwāra 4 ///
a17	meñe ñunte śwer meñantse ci(n)au(pte) /// (ikäṃ)
a18	tarya 20-3 ///
a19	piś meñantse -ne putteyān(e) /// (śak)
a20	n2 ṣkäs 10-6 ///
a21	śkañce śak traiyne pakacāñ(iś) ///
a22	śak 10 ///
a23	ikäṃne kercapiśke wai suta(n)e ///
a24	ikäṃ ṣene waṃntiśke kuṣaime(ṃ) ///
a25	meñe wärsaññe pratiwakne k(ercapiśke) ///
a26	piś 5 ///
a27	piś meñantse -ne calyīñi ///
a28	śak ṣene erkäntsole ku(ṣai)° ///
a29	ikäṃ piśne waṃnntiśke kuṃtsā(k)m(eṃ) ///
a30	rapañe ikäṃ wine waṃ(nt)i(śke) ///
a31	ikäṃ śwerne kercapiśke ku(ṣaimeṃ) ///
a32	ikäṃ piśne waṃntiśke pa ///
a33	śkañce śak traiyne kercapiśke wai ///
a34	cakanma śwāra 4 towä śwāra (4) ///
a35	rapañe pälletne kalaṅko ///

Translation

a1	In the 5th regnal year. The 6th month. ...the 6th day...
a2	The remaining barley: (two) [piculs] ///
a3	The remaining wheat: ... [piculs] ///
a4	The remaining millet ā.: ... [piculs] ///
a5	The remaining millet l.: ... [piculs] ///
a6	[Kercapiśke] ///
a7	On the 10th day of the month, [Kercapiśke] ///
a8	... 1 picul. ///
a9	... was spent for the tax: ... peck(s) ///
a10	Among the new grains ... ///

Commentary

Parallel texts

*	PK DA M 507.20, PK DA M 507.34

Remarks

*	Consisting of an alignment of four paper sheets of 33,2 cm (lines 1–10), 34,9 cm (lines 11–22), 34,3 cm (lines 23–31), and 34,9 cm height (lines 32–35). Two hands.

Philological commentary

n1	klā(t)e: can also be restored as klā(nt)e.
n2	ṣkäs\: sic, i.e. with normal ka sign plus dots of Fremdvokal ä above, not Fremdzeichen ka.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	C
Tamai 2011	C14

References

other

Pinault 0000: 40-44; Ching 2010: 173-175

Translations

Ching 2010: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9 a10 (173), a9 (135), a11ff (372)

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.