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PK DA M 507.22

Known as:	PK DA M 507.22; PK Cp 22
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK DA M 507.22". 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_22 (accessed 22 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:	17

Transliteration

a1	me ñe ṣu kta nte ra ktā ṣe ///
a2	6 pra wa ri ka ṣṣe ce pyā r[e] ///
a3	śa kṣu¯ ¯k kne ño¯ ¯r kwa ṣai y[n]e ///
a4	i kaṃ ṣka sne kwa ṣai ṣa mā ///
a5	o kta ñce pi¯ ¯ś me ña ntse n· ///
a6	ka mā te wi to¯ ¯m 2 ///
a7	i kaṃ trai yne ke rca pi śke [kwa] ///
a8	wi to¯ ¯m 2 to no i [ka]ṃ ///
a9	ka mā te wi to¯ ¯m [2] ///
a10	ñu ñce ṣka¯ ¯s me ña ntse ne ///
a11	to¯ ¯m 2 o¯ ¯k me ña [ntse] ///
a12	śa kñu ne ke rca pi śke y[ä] ///
a13	mā te 5 «†i» «†kaṃ» ///
a14	śka ñce ṣka¯ ¯s ne ke rca pi – ///
a15	i kaṃ ne pe rñi śke kwa ṣai ///
a16	i kaṃ śwe rne ke rca pi ś[ke] ///
a17	ksai yntse śro ka nta ño ///

Transcription

a1	meñe ṣuktante räktāṣe ///
a2	6 prawarikäṣṣen1 ce {ka}pyāre ///
a3	śak ṣukkne ñor kwaṣaiyne ///
a4	ikäṃ ṣkasne kwaṣai ṣamā° ///
a5	oktañce piś meñantsen(e) ///
a6	kamāte wi tom 2 ///
a7	ikäṃ traiyne kercapiśke kwa(ṣai-) ///
a8	wi tom 2 tono ikäṃ /// ///
a9	kamāte wi tom 2 ///
a10	ñuñce ṣkas meñantsene ///
a11	tom 2 ok meñantse ///
a12	śak ñune kercapiśke yä /// (ka-)
a13	-māte 5 ///
a14	śkañce ṣkasne kercapi(śke) ///
a15	ikäṃne perñiśke kwaṣai ///
a16	ikäṃ śwerne kercapiśke /// (ṣomo)¬
a17	¬ksaiyntse śrokanta ño ///

Translation

a1	Seventh month, Räktāṣe... ///
a2	6 this kapyāre pertaining to pravāraṇā... ///
a3	On day seventeen, in the village below... ///
a4	On day twenty six, the village ... ///
a5	(In the) eight (month), on day of the month five... ///
a6	... brought ...: two pecks 2.
a7	On day twenty three, Kercapiśke ... village ... ///
a8	... two pecks 2.
a9	... brought ...: two pecks 2. ///
a10	(In the) ninth (month), on day of the month six, ... ///
a11	... pecks 2. On day of the month eight, ... ///
a12	On day nineteen, Kercapiśke ... ///
a13	... brought ... ///
a14	(In the) tenth (month), on day six, Kercapiśke ... ///
a15	On day twenty, Perñiśke... village ... ///
a16	On day twenty four, Kercapiśke ... ///
a17	For *Ṣomokso, śro-bread (?) ...

Other

a1	七月，Räktatāṣe....../// (Ching 2017: 215)
a2	[陆]......。 与自恣请有关的....../// (Ching 2017: 215)
a3	十七日......在乡下...... /// (Ching 2017: 215)
a4	二十六日，乡里的Ṣamā－？/// (Ching 2017: 215)
a5	八月五日/// (Ching 2017: 215)
a6	他拿了......贰斗。 /// (Ching 2017: 215)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	This adjective is related to skr. pravāraṇā, the final day of Vassa.

References

Edition

Ching 2010: 201-202; Ching 2017: 215; Pinault 0000: 27-28

Translations

Ching 2017: a1 (215), a2 (215), a3 (215), a4 (215), a5 (215), a6 (215)

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.

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 0000

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