PK LC 17
| Known as: | PK LC 17 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "PK LC 17". 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-pklc17 (accessed 10 Oct. 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: | Letter |
Object | |
| Material: | on paper |
Transliteration
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | w· hkhā mttāṃ sta rme a śa ri /// |
| a3 | mo ṣne se¯ ¯m kwri we si nā r· /// |
| a4 | pe lykiṃ po maṃ nte ai ṣṣi ye¯ ¯m /// |
| a5 | mā ra no po sta ñe ṣe me cā ne /// |
| a6 | śa ṅki śpa lka we [ña] [wai] – [sso] – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | w· hkhā mttāṃ star-me aśari /// |
| a3 | -moṣ nesem kwri wesi nār· /// |
| a4 | pelykiṃ po maṃnte aiṣṣiyem /// |
| a5 | mā ra no postañe ṣeme cāne /// |
| a6 | śaṅkiśn1 palka weña wai (skwa)sso(nt) /// /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... we have hkhā mttāṃ. The ācārya ... |
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| a2 | ... we are ... if our ... |
| a3 | ... for the sake of ..., we were giving up everything ... |
| a4 | ... neither the last one coin ... |
| a5 | ... He lookedn2 to the Śaṅke (and) spoke and ... happy ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| It's not entirely clear wether this document is secular or not, but since it seems to mention the Śaṅke, I classify it as secular. | |
| n1 | This seems to be the allative form of śaṅke. However, since Śaṅke has an oblique plural śaṅkeṃ, śaṅk would be a rather unexpected oblique singular. Maybe this is a different word entirely? |
| n2 | The usual form would be palyka. However, depalatalization is common in the secular corpus, cf. the nominative plural ending -ṃ (instead of -ñ). |
