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PK DA M 507.9

Known as:	PK DA M 507.9; PK Cp 9
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK DA M 507.9". 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_9 (accessed 09 May 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:	7

Transliteration

a1	/// wai wä nti śke ku ṣṣai meṃ ā ka śka klā nte i
a2	/// [ko] ro ñci ku ṣṣai meṃ lye kśai śka klā nte śa [ṣ]ka¯ ¯s
a3	/// ·ṃ lye kśai klā te ṣu¯ ¯k ca nma 7
a4	/// lye kśai klā te ku ṣai nmeṃ wi ca ka nma śwā
a5	/// [nts]· ne ca lyī ñi ku ṣai nmeṃ mlyo ko tau klā te wi to¯ ¯m co ki¯ ¯ś
a6	/// [nt]· śke ṅkyā tsā kmeṃ ke ne kcai tā na klā te wi –
a7	/// 4

Transcription

a1	/// wai wäntiśke kuṣṣaimeṃ āka śka klānte i¬
a2	¬(käṃ) /// koroñci kuṣṣaimeṃ lyekśai śka klānte śaṣkäs
a3	/// (kuṣṣaime)ṃ lyekśai klāte ṣuk ca{ka}nma 7
a4	/// lyekśai klāte kuṣainmeṃ wi cakanma śwā¬
a5	¬(ra) /// (meña)nts(e)ne calyīñi kuṣainmeṃ mlyokotau klāte wi tom cokiś
a6	/// (wä)nt(i)śke ṅkyātsākmeṃn1 kenekcai tāna klāte wi
a7	/// 4

Translation

a1	/// ... and Wantiśke also brought āka-millet from the village: (twenty)...
a2	/// ... and Koroñci also brought lyekśye-millet from the village: sixteen...
a3	/// ... brought lyekśye-millet from the village: seven piculs 7.
a4	/// ... brought lyekśiye-millet from the village: two piculs, four (pecks)...
a5	/// ... On day of the month ... Calyīñi brought mlyokotau from the village: two pecks for the lamp.
a6	/// ... Wantiśke brought cotton seed from *ṅkyātsāk: two...
a7	/// ... 4

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	This form looks decidedly non-Tocharian. The initial 'ṅk' most likely denotes a voiced stop, like in mpek cor in PK DA M 507.5 a3.

References

Edition

Ching 2010: 171; Pinault 0000: 171

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.”