PK DA M 507.5

Known as:	PK DA M 507.5; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(5); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 5 [PK Cp 5]
Cite this page as:	"PK DA M 507.5". 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_5 (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):	27.2 × 10.4–29.3 cm
Number of lines:	5
Interline spacing:	2–2.5 cm

Transliteration

a1	pi kce meṃ ne ri ñyā na a ṣta mi [k]· – ///
a2	i kaṃ trai yne ri ñyā na śwa le – ///
a3	ṣka śce i kaṃ trai yne mpe¯ ¯k co¯ ¯r ///
a4	i kaṃ «†trai» «†yne» śwe rne ta rmai śye cā ne [ā] – ¯r – – ///
a5	o kta ñce pi¯ ¯ś me ña ntse ne ñu we¯ ¯ñä śa ṅki pai nte ntse cā ne ā yo¯ ¯r wsa re 1
b1	/// ·[ā] [n]eṃ wsā wa ne i kaṃ pi¯ ¯ś 20 5
b2	/// ma sa pi to cā ne[ṃ] wsā wa ne
b3	– ¯k ṣu¯ ¯k 10 [7]

Transcription

a1	pikce meṃne riñyāna aṣtamik(kana) ///
a2	ikäṃ traiyne riñyāna śwale(kana) ///
a3	ṣkaśce ikäṃ traiyne mpek cor ///
a4	ikäṃ śwerne tarmaiśye cāne ā(yo)r (wasa) ///
a5	n1 oktañce piś meñantse -ne ñuweñ śaṅki paintentse cāne āyor wsare 1
b1	/// (c)āneṃ wsāwa-ne ikäṃ piś 20-5
b2	/// masa pito cāneṃ wsāwa-ne
b3	(śa)k ṣuk 10-7

Translation

a1	In the 5th month. The citizen Aṣtamikka*-women ///
a2	On the 23rd day, the citizen [Śwalleka*]-women ///
a3	On the 23rd day of the 6th (month), Mpek Cor ///
a4	On the 24th day, Tarmaiśye donated coin ///
a5	On the 5th day of the 8th month, The New Śaṅke people donated coin [to the Buddha] : 1.
b1	/// I gave to him coins: 25.
b2	/// was spent. I gave to him coins as the (milling) fee:
b3	17.

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	1: number or punctuation (i.e. •).

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	C
Tamai 2011	C14

References

other

Pinault 0000: 5-6; Ching 2010: 150-152

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.