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PK NS 101

Known as:	PK NS 101
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK NS 101". 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-pkns101 (accessed 11 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds Pelliot Koutchéen (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	late
Script:	cursive
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Letter
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	on paper
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	(– – – – –) – ·n· – [s]ta – [lṣ]n· ṣi ta ///
a2	twe re ā rte ṣe¯ ¯yñä wä nta rwa pi lykā wa ñ[w]ā ///
a3	ka lpā wa¯ ¯s̝ ña ke ci tsa mo ka rtse we skau tā [l](·)· ///
a4	ṅke k[w](·)i mā tā kaṃ o¯ ¯t [n]·ai y·· [s]·e ··e ··ā ///

Transcription

a1	(– – – – –) – ·n· – stä – lṣn· ṣi tä ///
a2	twere ārte ṣey-ñ wäntarwa pilykāwa ñwā ///
a3	kälpāwa ṣ ñake ci tsamo kartse weskaun1 tāl· ///
a4	ṅke kw(r)i mā tākaṃ ot n·ai y·· s·e ··e ··ā ///

Translation

a2	I had a door (and) a canal (?). I oversaw the matters. ///
a3	I obtained... and now I wish you very good fortunen2 ... ///
a4	Then if it is not, then .... ///

Other

a1	[illegible] (Ogihara 2015b: 12f)
a2	... there was ... gate ... a canal of mine (?). I controlled (?) the matters. (Ogihara 2015b: 12f)
a3	... I obtained ..., and now I tell you very good news. ... (Ogihara 2015b: 12f)
a4	... Then, if it/there will not be, then ... (Ogihara 2015b: 12f)

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	The transliteration has been taken from Ogihara 2015b: 12f.
*	The transcription has been taken from Ogihara 2015b: 12f.
n1	cf. Latin benedicere.
n2	I interpret kartse we- as 'wish good fortune', and not with Ogihara 2015b: 'tell good news'.

References

Edition

Ching 2010: 409

Translations

Ogihara 2015b: a1 (12f), a2 (12f), a3 (12f), a4 (12f)