SI 5874
| Known as: | SI 5874; B Toch/12; SI B Toch. 12 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "SI 5874". 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-si5874 (accessed 19 Jun. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz |
Provenience | |
| Collection: | Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (St. Petersburg) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | late |
| Script: | cursive |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
| Text subgenre: | Account |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Scroll |
| Number of lines: | 8 |
Transliteration
| a1 | cai ñwai ri ṣi śrā¯ ¯yä ka la ṅku • ke tsu tai yśe • ke rca pi śke • tsa ku ne • sa tya wā rme • ci tre |
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| a2 | ra pa śke • ci nau pte • ci tra se ne • śi ṅki śke • pu tta śi le • e rka ñci śke • ma kko kke • ra kta tā se |
| a3 | mi ki ca ndre • cau ki lai śe • e rka ñci śke • ca lai śke • ta rma tte • e [t]tu kā ne • ko ra kke • ca ti le • |
| a4 | ke rca pi śke • pi ñau te • pa ñw· ṣṣā rṣe ko ra kke • mo ti sā re • śai yle • |
| a5 | cai o stu wā ṣi śrā¯ ¯yä • ya ti śke • ya tai śe • tu rkā ne • ku mpā nte • ṣtu ki le • sa ṅko p[t]e /// |
| a6 | ndre • mi ki ṣṣo ne • su pri ye • ta rma [t]te • mi ki na re • pe rñi ta • aṃ ntu le • swa mi tre [•] ·i /// |
| a7 | • kā ñya ke • ka la ṅko • ca te we • ca se ne • pa lle nta kke • su mi tre • ke pau ti śke • ra kta t[e] we • |
| a8 | [w]·au – – [l]e – ·e ·e ·e ·i ·i [l]e [•] ·i ·i [ś]e p[u] ña [m]i ··e [ṣ]e ·e – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | cai ñwai riṣi śrāy kalaṅku • ketsutaiyśe • kercapiśke • tsakune • satyawārme • citre |
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| a2 | rapaśke • cinaupte • citrasene • śiṅkiśke • puttaśile •erkañciśke • mäkkokke • raktatāse (•) |
| a3 | mikicandre • caukilaiśe • erkañciśke • calaiśke • tarmatte • ettukāne • korakke • catile • |
| a4 | kercapiśke • piñaute • pañw· ṣṣārṣe korakke • motisāre • śaiyle • |
| a5 | cai ostuwāṣi śrāy • yatiśke • yataiśe • turkāne • kumpānte • ṣtukile • saṅkopte /// |
| a6 | ndre • mikiṣṣone • supriye • tarmatte • mikinare • perñita • aṃntule • swamitre • ·i /// |
| a7 | • kāñyake • kalaṅko • catewe • casene • pällentakke • sumitre • kepautiśke • raktatewe • |
| a8 | w(r)au – – le – ·e ·e ·e ·i ·ile • ·i ·iśe puñami(tr)eṣe ·e – /// |
Translation
| a1 | These (are) the elders of the new city: |
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| a5 | These are the elders of the houses (?): |
References
Edition
Ching 2010: 349, 417; Ching 2017: 388; Pinault 1998: 16-18
Bibliography
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Ching, Chao-jung. 2017. 吐火罗语世俗文献与古代龟兹历史 – Tocharian secular texts and the history of Ancient Kucha. Beijing: Peking University Press.
Pinault, Georges-Jean. 1998. “Economic and administrative documents in Tocharian B from the Berezovsky and Petrovsky collections.” Manuscripta Orientalia 4/4: 3–20.
