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PK DA M 507.17

Known as:	PK DA M 507.17; PK Cp 17
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK DA M 507.17". 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_17 (accessed 15 Mar. 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:	6

Transliteration

a1	pi ṅkce meṃ ne i kaṃ wi ne ri ñā na a ṣ·a ·[i] – – ///
a2	wsa re ṣu¯ ¯k 7 ke rca pi ///
a3	i kaṃ trai yne ri ñā na śwa lle ka na sa ṅka [nts]· ///
a4	ke ///
a5	śka ñce i kaṃ ṣu kne te ṅke ṣe su pri ye wa s· [nts]·
a6	ra pa ñe śa kñu ne ci na mi tre wa sāṃ ntsa cā neṃ wa – ///
a7	ke rca ·[i]

Transcription

a1	piṅkce meṃne ikäṃ wine riñāna aṣ(t)a(m)i(kkana) ///
a2	wsare ṣuk 7 kercapi(śke) ///
a3	ikäṃ traiyne riñāna śwallekana saṅkants(e) ///
a4	ke(rcapiśke) ///
a5	śkañce ikäṃ ṣukne teṅkeṣe supriye was(āṃ)nts(a) ///
a6	rapañe śak ñune cinamitre wasāṃntsa cāneṃ wa(sa) ///
a7	kerca(p)i(śke) ///

Translation

a1	In the fifth month, on day twenty two, the urban Aṣtamikka-women... ///
a2	... gave ...: seven 7. Kercapiśke... ///
a3	On day twenty three, the urban Śwalleka-women ... to the saṅgha ... ///
a4	Kercapiśke ///
a5	(In the) tenth (month), on day twenty seven, Supriye of Teṅke ... for wasāṃ ...
a6	(In the) twelfth (month), on day nineteen, Cinamitre gave coins for wasāṃ. ///
a7	Kercapiśke ... ///

References

Edition

Ching 2010: 152-153; Pinault 0000: 22-23

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.”