SI M-TD 31b
| Known as: | SI M-TD 31b; SI M-TD/31б; SI M-TD/31δ [Ching 2010] |
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| Cite this page as: | "SI M-TD 31b". 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-simtd31b (accessed 06 Oct. 2024). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Miran |
| Collection: | Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (St. Petersburg) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
| Text subgenre: | Tag |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on wood tablet |
| Form: | Woodslip |
| Size (h × w): | 2.5 × 9 cm |
| Number of lines: | 1 |
Transliteration
| a1 | cai kuśā ni ca tu rtha sā ṅki |
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Transcription
| a1 | cai kuśāni caturthasāṅki |
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Translation
| a1 | These are the kuśāne [coins] of/for the caturtha-sāṃghika [lit. of the fourth monastery] |
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Commentary
Remarks
| Commercial tag, 7th/8th century CE, found in June 1914. Collection S. E. Malov. |
References
Image and basic information
Seipel 1996: 345
Transcription
Malzahn 2007d: 93
Edition
Ching 2010: 330
Bibliography
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Malzahn, Melanie. 2007d. “Tocharian texts and where to find them.” In Instrumenta Tocharica, edited by Melanie Malzahn, 79–112. Heidelberg: Winter.
Seipel, Wilfried. 1996. Weihrauch und Seide. Alte Kulturen der Seidenstraße. Eine Ausstellung des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Zusammenarbeit mit der Staatlichen Eremitage in St. Petersburg; Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, 21. Jänner bis 14. April 1996. Hg. v. Wilfried Seipel. Wien: Skira Editore.
