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PK NS 268
| Known as: | PK NS 268 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "PK NS 268". 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-pkns268 (accessed 09 Nov. 2025). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Duldur-akur |
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| Collection: | Musée Guimet (Paris) |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | TB |
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| Linguistic stage: | late |
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| Script: | cursive |
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Text contents |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Letter |
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| Verse/Prose: | prose |
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Object |
| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Scroll |
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Transliteration
| a1 | sa ma nta ti rne i /// |
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| b1 | /// – po wä nta rwa ne spä |
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Transcription
Translation
| a1 | In Samantatir, on day twenty... |
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| b1 | /// ... trusting/disappearing in all matters... |
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Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | The paper of this document is very thin, so the akṣaras on the other side are very visible and often times merge with the akṣaras on this side. e.g. the i here has a lot of ink surrounding it, but this is just the ā-diacritic on the other side being visible. |
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| n2 | This is likely a form of spärk- 'disappear' or spänt- 'trust'. |
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References
Edition
Ogihara 2015b: 87-88
Bibliography
Ogihara 2015b
Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2015b. “Kuchean secular documents in the Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 16: 81–105.
