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PK NS 87

Known as:	PK NS 87
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "PK NS 87". 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-pkns87 (accessed 14 Nov. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Subashi
Collection:	Musée Guimet (Paris)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Script:	cursive
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Scroll

Transliteration

a1	/// – ·n· – – ·n· ·mñ· – ·ñ· – ·ñ· ///
a2	/// ñuṃ śi ka ñce śa ktrai yne pre ṣti śke ne kwā ś·ā [ś]· [l]· ///
a3	/// – lye ste a ṅkā¯ ¯s̝ la reṃ ntsa «e» yse «tsa» lye ·e ///

Transcription

a1	/// – ·n· – – (y)n(āñ)mñ(e) – ·ñ· – ·ñ· ///
a2	/// ñuṃ śikañce śak traiyne preṣtiśke ne kwā ś·ān1 ś· l· ///
a3	/// – lye ste aṅkāṣ lareṃntsa e yse tsa lye ·e ///

Translation

a2	... (in the) tenth (month) on day thirteen, Preṣtiśke...
a3	... is to be... aṅkāṣ... through the dear...

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	We could be dealing with the allative of kwāṃ (Chinese 馆 'post station') with loss of the final nasal.

References

Edition

Ogihara 2015b: 85-86

Bibliography

Ogihara 2015b

Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2015b. “Kuchean secular documents in the Pelliot Koutchéen Nouvelle Série.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 16: 81–105.