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PK DA M 507.4

Known as:	PK DA M 507.4; PK Cp 4
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK DA M 507.4". 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_4 (accessed 26 Apr. 2025).
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
Object
Material:	on paper
Form:	Scroll
Number of lines:	16

Transliteration

a1	me ñe wa te śa kṣe ne ke rca – – ///
a2	to wä pi¯ ¯ś 5 ///
a3	śa ko kne sa ṅka ntse śwa si ///
a4	i kaṃ o kne ci trau pte sa ///
a5	me ñe tri te pi¯ ¯ś me ña nts· ///
a6	to wä ta rya 3
a7	i kaṃ ne sa ṅka ntse śwa si ṣa – [ā] ///
a8	me ñe ā ra
a9	me śta rte śwe¯ ¯r me ña ntse ne ///
a10	śa kṣu kne sa ṅka «ntse» śwa si ///
a11	i kaṃ trai yne sa ṅka ntse si ṣa na
a12	me ñe [ā] – ///
a13	me ñe ṅkte wi me ña ntse ne sa ṅka [nt]·
a14	i kaṃ ne sa ṅka ntse śwa si ṣa – [ā] ///
a15	me ñe ā ra ///
a16	me ñe ṣka ste pra ti wa tne sa [ṅ]· – ///

Transcription

a1	meñe wate śak ṣene kerca(piśke) ///
a2	towä piś 5 ///
a3	śak okne saṅkantse śwasi(ṣana) (āka) ///
a4	ikäṃ okne citraupte sa ///
a5	meñe trite piś meñants(ene) ///
a6	towä tarya 3 ///
a7	ikäṃne saṅkantse śwasiṣa(na) ā(ka) ///
a8	meñe āra ///
a9	me{ñe} śtarte śwer meñantsene ///
a10	śak ṣukne saṅkantse śwasi(ṣana) (āka) ///
a11	ikäṃ traiyne saṅkantse {śwa}siṣana (āka) ///
a12	meñe ā(ra) ///
a13	meñe {pi}ṅkte wi meñantsene saṅkant(se) ///
a14	ikäṃne saṅkantse śwasiṣa(na) ā(ka) ///
a15	meñe āra ///
a16	meñe ṣkaste pratiwatne saṅ(kantse) ///

Translation

a1	Second month. On day eleven, Kercapiśke... ///
a2	... five pecks 5. ///
a3	On day eighteen, the āka-millet for the consumption of the saṅgha... ///
a4	On day twenty eight, Citraupte... ///
a5	Third month. On day of the month five... ///
a6	... three pecks 3. ///
a7	On day twenty, āka-millet for consumption of the saṅgha... ///
a8	The month has ended. ///
a9	Fourth month. On day of the month four...///
a10	On day seventeen, āka-millet for consumption of the saṃgha... ///
a11	On day twenty three, āka-millet for consumption of the saṃgha...///
a12	The month has ended. ///
a13	Fifth month. On day of the month two, for the saṃgha... ///
a14	On day twenty, āka-millet for consumption of the saṃgha... ///
a15	The month has ended.
a16	Sixth month. On the day of the new moon...

References

Edition

Ching 2010: 197-198; Pinault 0000: 4-5

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.”