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PK LC 9

Known as:	PK LC 9
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK LC 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-pklc9 (accessed 09 Nov. 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:	Letter
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	on paper
Number of lines:	2

Transliteration

a1	śa ṣkä sne pa ka cāṃ ṣṣe ya rke tā ka pa ñi kte pa ke nta ka lwa wi ci na se ne kä ryā te wi śa k[ṣ]e [•]
a2	– – – – ṃ – [ñ]i k·e ·ā ·e – – – ·[e] ///

Transcription

a1	śaṣkäsne pakacāṃṣṣe yarke tāka pañikte pakenta kalwa wi cinasene käryāte wi śak-ṣe{r} •
a2	– – – – ṃ (pa)ñik(t)e (c)ā(n)e – – – ·e ///

Translation

a1	On day sixteen, there was a pakaccāṃ-ceremony. The Buddha received parts: two. Cinasene bought: two, each for eleven (coins).
a2	... the Buddha... coin(s)...

References

Edition

Ching 2010: 230, 336-337

Bibliography

Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.