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PK DA M 507.4

Known as:	PK DA M 507.4; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(4); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 4 [PK Cp 4]
Cite this page as:	"PK DA M 507.4". 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_4 (accessed 14 Dec. 2025).
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):	60.7 × 9.5–10.8 cm
Number of lines:	16

Transliteration

a1	me ñe wa te śa kṣe ne ke rca – – ///
a2	to wä pi¯ ¯ś 5 ///
a3	śa ko kne sa ṅka ntse śwa si ///
a4	i kaṃ o kne ci trau pte sa ///
a5	me ñe tri te pi¯ ¯ś me ña [nts]· ///
a6	to wä ta rya 3 ///
a7	i kaṃ ne sa ṅka ntse śwa si ṣa – [ā] ///
a8	me ñe ā ra ///
a9	me – śta rte śwe rme ña ntse ne ///
a10	śa kṣu kne sa ṅka «ntse» śwa si ///
a11	i kaṃ trai yne sa ṅka ntse si ṣa na ///
a12	me ñe [ā] – ///
a13	me ñe pikte wi me ña ntse ne sa ṅka [nt]· ///
a14	i kaṃ ne sa ṅka ntse swa si ṣa – [ā] ///
a15	me ñe ā ra ///
a16	me ñe ṣka ste pu tte wa tte sa [ṅ]· – ///

Transcription

a1	meñe wate śak ṣene kerca(piśke) ///
a2	towä piś 5 ///
a3	śak okne saṅkantse śwasi(ṣana) (āka) ///
a4	ikäṃ okne citraupte sa ///
a5	meñe trite piś meñants(e) ///
a6	towä tarya 3 ///
a7	ikäṃne saṅkantse śwasiṣa(na) ā(ka) ///
a8	meñe āra ///
a9	me(ñe) śtarte śwer meñantse -ne ///
a10	śak ṣukne saṅkantse śwasi(ṣana) (āka) ///
a11	ikäṃ traiyne saṅkantse {śwa}siṣana (āka) ///
a12	meñe ā(ra) ///
a13	meñe pikte wi meñantse -ne saṅkant(se) ///
a14	ikäṃne saṅkantse swasiṣa(na) ā(ka) ///
a15	meñe āra ///
a16	meñe ṣkaste puttewatte saṅ(kantse) ///

Translation

a1	The 2nd month. On the 11th day, [Kercapiśke] ///
a2	5 pecks. ///
a3	On the 18th day, ... (for) the food of saṃgha ///
a4	On the 28th day, Citraupte ... ///
a5	The 3rd month. [On] the 5th day [of the month] ///
a6	3 pecks. ///
a7	On the 20th day, [the millet ā.] (for) the food of saṃgha ///
a8	The month has come to an end. ///
a9	The 4th month. On the 4th day, ///
a10	On the 17th day, ... (for) the food of the saṃgha ///
a11	On the 23rd day, ... (for) the food of the saṃgha ///
a12	The month has come to an end. ///
a13	The 5th month. On the 2nd day of the month, ... [of] the saṃgha ///
a14	On the 20th day, [the millet ā.] (for) the food of the saṃgha ///
a15	The month has come to an end. ///
a16	The 6th month. On the 1st day. ... [of the saṃgha] ///

References

other

Pinault 0000: 4-5; Ching 2010: 197-198

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.

Pinault 0000

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 0000. “Textes économiques koutchéens.”