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PK DA M 507.27

Known as:	PK DA M 507.27; PK Cp 27
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK DA M 507.27". 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_27 (accessed 23 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:	23

Transliteration

a1	pi¯ ¯ś kṣuṃ ntsa n[ai] ///
a2	nma 10 6
a3	ceṃ śi ktā lye [k]a ta si ///
a4	pu tte yā ne milā rtse ṣai ///
a5	śa kwi ne ci tra swi ///
a6	10-3 «†mña» ne ci tra ///
a7	śa¯ ¯k śwe¯ ¯r rne ā ri te ///
a8	śa ko¯ ¯k ne la rai yśe ya¯ ¯p ///
a9	ś«†ṣk»a ṣka¯ ¯s ne ce sa ṅka ntse ///
a10	me ñe wa te wi me ña ntse ne – ///
a11	me ñe wa te śa¯ ¯k me ña ntse n[e] ///
a12	ca lyī ñi wā ltsa ///
a13	śa kṣe ne ka pyā re¯ ¯s śwa [s]i ///
a14	śa¯ ¯k śwe rne wä rwe ssa [k]· ///
a15	śa kñu ne sa ṅkrā mne śwa ṣṣ· ///
a16	me ñe śta rte pi¯ ¯ś me [ñ]· – – ///
a17	wä pi¯ ¯ś 5
a18	śa¯ ¯k me ña ntse ne sa ///
a19	i kaṃ ñu ne mo koṃ su· [l]·[i]
b1	se ya¯ ¯p ///
b2	wa te ṣu¯ ¯k me ña ntse ne ko rai śke ma ///
b3	o kta śe ko mne wa ltsā wa [s]· ///
b4	/// ya p

Transcription

a1	piś kṣuṃntsa nai(mañe) /// (caka)¬
a2	¬nma 10-6
a3	ceṃ śiktālye katasi ///
a4	putteyāne milārtse ṣai ///
a5	śak wine citraswi(ñi) ///
a6	10-3 ne citra° ///
a7	śak śwerrne ārite° ///
a8	śak okne laraiyśe yap ///
a9	śaṣkas-ne ce saṅkantse ///
a10	meñe wate wi meñantsene – ///
a11	meñe wate śak meñantsene ///
a12	calyīñi wāltsa ///
a13	śak ṣene kapyāres śwasi(ṣṣe) (yap) ///
a14	śak śwerne wärwessak(e)n1 ///
a15	śak ñune saṅkrāmne śwa{si}ṣṣ(e) ///
a16	meñe śtarte piś meñ(antsene) ///
a17	°wä piś 5 ///
a18	śak meñantsene sa ///
a19	ikäṃ ñune mokoṃ su(k)l(y)i(ke) ///
b1	se yap ///
b2	wate ṣuk meñantsene koraiśke ma ///
b3	oktaśe komne waltsāwa ///
b4	/// yap

Translation

a1	In regnal year five, first month ///
a2	16 (piculs)
a3	To sow this seed... ///
a4	Putteyāne was wounded. ///
a5	On day twelve, Citraswiñi... ///
a6	On day 13, Citra-... ///
a7	On day fourteen, *ārite...
a8	On day eighteen, Laraiyśe... barley ... ///
a9	On day sixteen, ... of/to this saṅgha ... ///
a10	Second month, on day of the month two... ///
a11	Second month, on day of the month ten... ///
a12	Calyīñi ground... ///
a13	On day eleven, the barley for the consumption of the kapyāri... ///
a14	On day fourteen, Wärwessake... ///
a15	On day nineteen, ... for the consumption in the monastery ... ///
a16	Fourth month, on day of the month five. ///
a17	... five (pecks) 5.
a18	On day of the month ten, ... ///
a19	On day of the month twenty nine, Suklyike the Moko... ///
b1	This (is the) barley.
b2	Second (month), on day of the month seven, Koraiśke... ///
b3	On the celebration of the eighth day, I ground ... ///
b4	/// barley.

Other

b2	二月七日，Koraiśke....../// (Ching 2017: 235)
b3	Oktaśke* 日当天，我碾磨了,....../// (Ching 2017: 235)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	Is this the same form as wärweśakke in PK DA M 507.35 a33?

References

Edition

Ching 2010: 191-193; Ching 2017: 235; Pinault 0000: 37-40

Translations

Ching 2017: b2 (235), b3 (235)

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.”