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PK DA M 507.16

Known as:	PK DA M 507.16; PK Cp 16
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK DA M 507.16". 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_16 (accessed 14 Jan. 2026).
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:	5

Transliteration

a1	me ñe nai ma ñe śa¯ ¯k trai yne pr· ///
a2	na nda de we «ntse» wsā wa ka nte i – ///
a3	me ñe wa te śa¯ ¯k trai yne ke rca pi śke ///
a4	co ko ma¯ ¯k ci nau pteṃ nmeṃ lye kśai ·e ///
a5	cā neṃ pa lle tne a na nda de we [ntse] ///

Transcription

a1	meñe naimañe śak traiyne pr· /// (a)¬
a2	¬nandadewentse wsāwa kante i(käṃ) ///
a3	meñe wate śak traiyne kercapiśke ///
a4	co komak cinaupteṃnmeṃ lyekśai ·e ///
a5	cāneṃ pälletne anandadewentse ///

Translation

a1	First month. On day thirteen, ... ///
a2	I gave ... to (A)nandadewe: one hundred twenty ... ///
a3	Second month. On day thirteen, Kercapiśke... ///
a4	On the same day, ... from Cinaupte .... lyekśiye-millet ... ///
a5	... coins. On the day of the full moon, ... to Anandadewe ... ///

References

Edition

Ching 2010: 187-188; Pinault 0000: 21-22

Bibliography

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

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