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Sb-003-ZS-L-03

Known as:	Sb-003-ZS-L-03
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "Sb-003-ZS-L-03". 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-sb003zsl03 (accessed 13 Mar. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Main find spot:	Subashi
Collection:	in situ
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Object
Material:	engraving on wall
Form:	Graffito

Transliteration

a1	10 7 kṣuṃ tsa yśu hkwāṃ lā nti kwe[ṃ] pi ku lne tri cce me[ṃ] ne [i] kaṃ wi ne [t]re [y]m[ai] we śkaṃ [na] we ri si mtsa ye yeṃ ñe mna we ñā me pu ñya wa ·me [j]ñā na [caṃ] [n]dr[e] pra jñā ca ndre ta ne ka meṃ tu n[t]s· ṣṣo tri pai ykā re [k]a [rsa] – (–) k· – (–) k· –

Transcription

a1	10-7 kṣuṃtsa yśuhkwāṃ lānti kweṃ pikulne tricce meṃne ikäṃ-wine trey maiweśkaṃ naweri simtsa yeyeṃ ñemna weñā-me puñyawa(r)me jñānacaṃndre prajñācandre tane kameṃ tunts(e) ṣṣotri paiykāre karsa(tsi) (–) k· –

Translation

a1	In regnal year 17 of King Yśuhkwā in the dog year, in the third month, on day twenty two, three youths were going accross the Naweri-border.
a1	He (?) said their names:
a1	Puñyawarme, Jñānacaṃndre, Prajñācandre came here.
a1	They wrote (this as) proof thereof to know...

Other

a1	Yśuhkwā 王17年，狗年，三月二十二日， 三名青年去［Na]weri* 的边界。他（们？）说了他们的名字。Puñyawarme、Jñānacaṃdre, Prajñācandre 来到这里，他们写了这（件事）的题记。为了让人知道 ，（他写？） (Zhao and Rong 2020: 322-323)

References

Edition

Zhao and Rong 2020: 322-323

Translations

Zhao and Rong 2020: a1 (322-323)

Bibliography

Zhao and Rong 2020

Zhao, Li, and Xinjiang Rong, eds. 2020. Cave inscriptions in Ancient Kucha. Shanghai: Zhongxi Book Company.