PK DA M 507.3

Known as:	PK DA M 507.3; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(3); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 3 [PK Cp 3]
Cite this page as:	"PK DA M 507.3". 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_3 (accessed 10 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
Form:	Scroll
Size (h × w):	68.5 × ? cm
Number of lines:	16

Transliteration

a1	pi¯ ¯ś kṣuṃ ntsa nai yma ñe meṃ ///
a2	10 8 to wä 5 ///
a3	śa ktre yne śwa si ṣṣai ysā [r]e ///
a4	śa kñu ne śwa si ṣṣai ysā [r]e ///
a5	cau ko mta kpu tte yā ne ntse ///
a6	i kaṃ tre yne lye kśyi mñai ///
a7	wä 5 i kaṃ o – ///
a8	8 ñweṃ ne lye [kś]yi ///
a9	me ñe wa te o¯ ¯k me ña ntse ///
a10	me ñe tri te pi¯ ¯ś me ña – ///
a11	10 ///
a12	me ñe śta rte pa ka cā ñi ///
a13	wsa¯ ¯m pi śto¯ ¯m 5 ///
a14	śa¯ ¯k me ña ntse ne sa ṅka – ///
a15	6 to wä pi śto¯ ¯m 5 pi· ///
a16	tsa ñi ///

Transcription

a1	piś kṣuṃntsa naiymañe meṃ(ne) ///
a2	10-8 towä 5 ///
a3	śak treyne śwasiṣṣai ysāre ///
a4	śak ñune śwasiṣṣai ysāre ///
a5	cau komtak putteyānentse ///
a6	ikäṃ treyne lyekśyimñai /// (to)¬
a7	¬wä 5 ikäṃ o(kne) ///
a8	8 ñweṃne lyekśyi(mñai) ///
a9	meñe wate ok meñantse ///
a10	meñe trite piś meña(ntse) ///
a11	10 ///
a12	meñe śtarte pakacāñi(ś) ///
a13	wsam piś tom 5 ///
a14	śak meñantse -ne saṅka(ntse) ///
a15	6 towä piś tom 5 pi(ś) ///
a16	tsañi ///

Translation

a1	In the 5th regnal year, from the 1st month ///
a2	18 (piculs), 5 pecks. ///
a3	On the 13th day. The wheat for food ///
a4	On the 19th day. The wheat for food ///
a5	On the very same day, ... to/of Putteyāne ///
a6	On the 23rd day. ... ///
a7	[5 pecks]. [On the 28th day] ///
a8	8. On the last day. ... ///
a9	The 2nd month. On the 8th day of the month ///
a10	The 3rd month. On the 5th day [of] the month ///
a11	10. ///
a12	The 4th month. For pakaccāṃ ///
a13	We gave ... : 5 pecks. ///
a14	On the 10th day [of] the month ///
a15	6 pecks. 5 pecks. [five] ///
a16	The Tsañi ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	Consisting of an alignment of two paper sheets of 37,6 cm (lines 1–8), and 30,9 cm height (lines 9–16). The two fragments are written by two different hands.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	C
Tamai 2011	C14

References

other

Pinault 0000: 2-4; Ching 2010: 193-194, 461

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.