PK DA M 507.14

Known as:	PK DA M 507.14; PK Cp 14
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK DA M 507.14". 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-pkdam507_14 (accessed 06 Dec. 2023).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
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:	on paper
Form:	Scroll
Number of lines:	13

Transliteration

a1	/// [śi] ktā lye¯ ¯ś ysā re ma sa ca ka
a2	/// ·[o] koṃ ci pte «nau» ntse ka pci
a3	/// – nti śke ntse ka pci
a4	/// we ntse ka pci
a5	/// – we wā ltsa ka pci
a6	/// lyā ka se ke rca pi śke ntse ka pci
a7	/// tā ka tau 1 pa tte yā ne ntse tau 1 wa wā ltsau sa tā ka o¯ ¯k to¯ ¯m 8
a8	/// [l·] klā te se ka pci
a9	/// «†i» «†ndra» – «†ntse» «†ka» «†pci»
a10	/// – – [nma] ṣu¯ ¯k to wä pi¯ ¯ś 70 5
a11	/// [ṣ]· to wä o¯ ¯k 8
a12	/// pte lyā ka se pci
a13	/// ·k· lyā ka se ka pci

Transcription

a1	/// śiktālyeś ysāre masa caka-
a2	-(nma) /// (m)okoṃ ci{ptenau/naupte}ntse kapci
a3	/// – (wäṃ)ntiśkentse kapci
a4	/// …wentse kapci
a5	/// – we wāltsa kapci
a6	/// lyāka se kercapiśkentse kapci
a7	n1 /// tāka tau 1 pätteyānentse tau 1 wawāltsausa tāka ok tom 8
a8	/// l· klāte se kapci
a9	///
a10	/// (caka)nma ṣuk towä piś 70-5
a11	/// ṣ(e) towä ok 8
a12	(cinau)pte lyāka se «ka»pci
a13	·k· lyāka se kapci

Translation

a1	/// ... wheat for sowing has been spent: ... piculs ///
a2	/// Cinaupte the (M)oko's finger-measure.
a3	/// Wantiśke's finger-measure.
a4	/// -we's finger-measure.
a5	/// -we ground. (This is his) finger-measure.
a6	/// ... saw it. This (is) Kercapiśke's finger-measure.
a7	/// ... was ...: 1 peck. For Putteyāne: 1 peck. (Something) was ground: eight pecks.
a8	/// ... brought... this (is his) finger-measure.
a9	///
a10	/// ... seven piculs, five pecks 75.
a11	/// ... one (picul), eight pecks 8.
a12	/// Cinaupte saw it. This (is his) finger-measure.
a13	/// (someone) saw it. This (is his) finger-measure.

Other

a5	/// ?－we 碾磨了。。。（他的）画指。 (Ching 2017: 369)
a6	/// +[Kercapiśke]看到了，这（是）Kercapiśke的画指。 (Ching 2017: 369)
a7	/// ......1斗。 Pätteyāne 的1 斗。被磨了的......：捌斗。 (Ching 2017: 369)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	This line is written much smaller than the rest

References

Edition

Ching 2010: 194; Ching 2017: 369; Pinault 1994d: 18-20

Translations

Ching 2017: a5 (369), a6 (369), a7 (369)

Bibliography

Ching 2010

Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD thesis, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.

Ching 2017

Ching, Chao-jung. 2017. 吐火罗语世俗文献与古代龟兹历史 – Tocharian secular texts and the history of Ancient Kucha. Beijing: Peking University Press.

Pinault 1994d

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 1994d. “Textes économiques koutchéens.”