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PK DA M 507.9

Known as:PK DA M 507.9; Pelliot Koutchéen Duldur Aqur M 507(9); Pelliot Koutchéen Compatibilité de monastère 9 [PK Cp 9]
Cite this page as:"PK DA M 507.9". 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_9 (accessed 18 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):38.4 × 13.3–15.6 cm
Number of lines:7
Interline spacing:2.5–6 cm

Transliteration

a1/// [wai] wä nti śke ku ṣṣai meṃ ā ka śka klā nte i
a2/// [ko] ro ñci ku ṣṣai meṃ lye kśai śka klā nte śa [ṣ]ka¯ ¯s
a3/// ·ṃ lye kśai klā te ṣu¯ ¯k ca nma 7
a4/// lye kśai klā te ku ṣai nmeṃ wi ca ka nma śwā
a5/// [nts]· ne ca lyī ñi ku ṣai nmeṃ mlyo ko tau klā te wi to¯ ¯m co ki¯ ¯ś
a6/// [nt]· śke ṅkyā tsā kmeṃ ke ne kcai tā na klā te wi –
a7/// 4

Transcription

a1/// wai wäntiśke kuṣṣaimeṃ āka śka klānte
a2¬(käṃ) (tarya) /// koroñci kuṣṣaimeṃ lyekśai śka klānte śaṣkäs
a3/// (-me)ṃ lyekśai klāte ṣuk ca{ka}nma 7
a4/// lyekśai klāte kuṣainmeṃ wi cakanma śwā¬
a5¬(ra) /// °nts(e) ne calyīñi kuṣainmeṃ mlyokotau klāte wi tom cokiś
a6/// °nt·śke ṅkyātsākmeṃ kenekcaitāna klāte wi
a7/// 4

References

other

Pinault 0000: 14-15; Ching 2010: 171

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.”