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SI P 136.b

Known as:	SI P 136.b; SI P/136(b)
Cite this page as:	"SI P 136.b". 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-sip136b (accessed 13 Oct. 2026).
Provenience
Collection:	Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (St. Petersburg)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Account
Verse/Prose:	prose

Transliteration

a1	m· ñ[e] ṣu kta nt· sa ṅkaṃ tse śe śu sa ysā re la cä ca ka[ṃ] nma «10» «9» «to» «wä» «1»
a2	[ya]· la cä ca kaṃ nma «7» to wä 8
a3	[ā] [ka] – teṃ [ca] kaṃ nma « – »to wä « – »
a4	– [ly]· la cä [ca] kaṃ nma «7» [mu] ○ kā tseṃ «5» lā śi «4» ÷
a5	kuśā ni la t[eṃ] sa ṅkaṃ tse – – – «2» «100» «90» ka lā śi
a6	– – – – – – rä kta ṣe śṣa
a7	– – – – – – – l[ype] [i] ke
b1	ka py· – ya pm· ñ· y· ka m· nte ca ka· nma «30» «4»
b2	ā ka ka mā nte ca kaṃ [nma] « – – – » – – –
b3	kṣu drä ysā re la cä ca ka[ṃ] nma «5» – – «9»
b4	kṣu drä ya pla cä ca kaṃ nma «10» «3» ○ ·o wä «5»
b5	kṣu drä ā [k]a la teṃ ca [kaṃ] nma « – – »[to] wä « – »
b6	kṣu drä kuśā ni la teṃ \|\| «a» «ka» «s»y[k]· ne ka pyā ri ysā re me ñi ye ka mā nte ca kaṃ
b7	nma «10» «8» to wä « – »

Transcription

a1	m(e)ñe ṣuktant(e) saṅkaṃtse śeśusa ysāre lac{†ä} cakaṃnma 10-9 towä 1
a2	ya(p) lac{†ä} cakaṃnma 7 tow{†ä} 8
a3	āka (la)teṃ cakaṃnma – tow{†ä} –
a4	(ṣa)ly(pe) lac{†ä} cakaṃnma 7 mu{t}kātseṃ 5 {ka}lāśi 4 ÷
a5	k_uśāni lateṃ saṅkaṃtse – – – 2-100-90 kalāśi
a6	– – – – – – räktaṣeś ṣa
a7	– – – – – – – lype ike
b1	kapy· – yap m· ñ· y· kam(ā)nte caka(ṃ)nma 30-4
b2	āka kamānte cakaṃnma – – – (towä) (20)
b3	kṣudrä ysāre lac{†ä} cakaṃnma 5 (towä) 9
b4	kṣudrä yap lac{†ä} cakaṃnma 10-3 (t)owä 5
b5	kṣudrä āka lateṃ cakaṃnma – – towä (6)
b6	kṣudrä k_uśāni lateṃ ॥ akas yk(e)ne kapyāri ysāre meñiye kamānte cakaṃ¬
b7	¬nma 10-8 towä –

Translation

a1	The 7th [month]. The wheat eaten by the saṃgha has been spent: 19 piculs, 1 peck.
a2	The [barley] (eaten by the saṃgha) has been spent: 7 piculs, 8 pecks.
a3	The [millet ā.] (eaten by the saṃgha) [has been spent]: ... piculs, ... peck(s).
a4	The [oil/ghee] has been spent: 7 piculs, 5 muṭkāntses, 4 [spoonfuls]. ¤
a5	The kuśānes [have] been spent: ... to/of the saṃgha: ... 290 The spoons
a6	... (are to be referred) to (the ones) of Rakta*,
a7	... (in) the place (of) oil/ghee.
b1	The kapyāres have taken the monthly barley: 34 piculs.
b2	They have taken millet ā.: ... piculs, ... (pecks). (20)
b3	Miscellaneous wheat has been spent: 5 piculs, 9 pecks.
b4	Miscellaneous barley has been spent: 13 piculs, 5 pecks.
b5	Miscellaneous millet ā. has been spent: ... piculs, (6) [pecks].
b6	Miscellaneous kuśānes have been spent. \|\| The kapyāres in (the place of ?) Akas have taken monthly barley:
b7	/// 18 piculs, ... peck(s).

References

other

Ching 2010: 324-326

Miscellaneous

Bibliography

Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.