PK DA M 507.24

Known as:	PK DA M 507.24; PK Cp 24
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK DA M 507.24". 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_24 (accessed 05 May 2024).
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:	8

Transliteration

a1	cā neṃ nt[s]a [ñu] sa w[ä] nti śkeṃ ntse ka pci
a2	/// [to]¯ ¯m mo¯ ¯t ka ryā mtte śkā rṣka¯ ¯s
a3	cā neṃ ntsa 30 2 w· nt· śk· lyā ka śa rsa se ka pci
a4	la rai śe lyā ka śa rsa se ka pci
a5	10 3 ṣka sk[au] mna ṣṣe sa o lā kwāṃ ṣe śo moṃ ntsa śka śe ci na mi
a6	treṃ ntse cā neṃ wsā wa 30 6 ci nau pte lyā ka • se ka pci
a7	śwe rkṣu na ṣṣeṃ • ñai ma ñe 10 4 o lā kwāṃ ṣe śi ṅkeṃ ntse cā neṃ –
a8	·e ///

Transcription

a1	cāneṃntsa ñusa wäntiśkeṃntse kapci
a2	/// tom mot käryāmtte śkār ṣkäs
a3	cāneṃntsa 30-2 w(ä)nt(i)śk(e) lyāka śarsa se kapci
a4	laraiśe lyāka śarsa se kapci
a5	10-3 ṣkas kaumnaṣṣesa olākwāṃṣe śomoṃntsa śka śe«m» cinami-
a6	-treṃntse cāneṃ wsāwa 30-6 cinaupte lyāka • se kapci
a7	śwer kṣunaṣṣeṃ • ñaimañe 10-4 olākwāṃṣe śiṅkeṃntse cāneṃ
a8	·e ///

Translation

a1	For nine coins. (This is) Wantiśke's finger-measure.
a2	/// We bought (two) pecks of alcohol, each for sixteen coins,
a3	(amounting to a total of) 32 coins. Wantiśke saw it and knew about it. This (is his) finger-measure.
a4	Laraiśe saw it and knew about it. This (is her) finger-measure.
a5	13. For (something) pertaining to six days (?), (someone) came on behalf of the men at the Olākwāṃ-office.
a6	I gave coins to Cinamitre: 36. Cinaupte saw it. This (is his) finger-measure.
a7	(The coins?) pertaining to regnal year five: In the first month, on day 14, I gave coins to the Śaṅke of the Olākwāṃ-office.
a8	...

Other

a5+	13日，因为在乌骆馆众人之处六天的......他来到这里。我把钱给了Cinamitre：36（文）。Cinaupte见到了，这是（他的）画指。 (Ching 2017: 385)
a7+	（为了某王）第四年的（稅），元月14日（我把）钱（给了）乌骆馆的Śiṅke：...... (Ching 2017: 385)

References

Edition

Ching 2010: 184-185, 472-473; Ching 2017: 385

Translations

Ching 2017: a5 a6 (385), a7 a8 (385)

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.