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SI P 139.d

Known as:	SI P 139.d; SI P/139(d)
Cite this page as:	"SI P 139.d". 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-sip139d (accessed 20 May 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	– ¯k kṣ[e] kṣu· tsa swa rṇā bū ṣpe lā nte [kṣu]· – ///
a2	[ycau]¯ ¯wä pre ke yu rpā ṣkai sa ṅkrā mne mä ske ñca sa ///
a3	pu rṇā śä ñ[e]¯ ¯mä śa ma śk[eṃ] tsu kä le meṃ¯ ¯nä tä rkā te tuṃ [ts]e ///
a4	a ke ñe ypo¯ ¯yä mo ko na ñī ṣṭe
b1i	kä wo tsi ñe ya śo ta rko ntse so yä la ra ṣk·
b2i	pu rna kki pro ce rpu rna kṣe me
b3i	ṣṭa ku le
b1ii	śā tu ma [ṣ]· ///
b2ii	a ke ñe pi ·v· ///
b3ii	tyu ti s[ā] wä ///
b1iii	a tsi ñe yo ni ya tse śi ñca ke su ta so mi pro ce [r] ///
b2iii	– – [ṣ]e ṣ[ṣ]e ka pä [rv]i [n]ā¯ ¯yä śa [m]a śkeṃ tse tsu kä le – ///

Transcription

a1	(śa)k kṣe kṣu(ṃ)tsa swarṇābūṣpe lānte kṣu(ṃne) ///
a2	°y cauw preke yurpāṣkai saṅkrāmne mäskeñca sa° ///
a3	purṇāśä ñem śamaśkeṃ tsukälemeṃn tärkāte tuṃtse ///
a4	akeñe ypoy moko nañīṣṭe
b1i	käwotsiñe yaśotarkontse soyä laraṣk(e)
b2i	purnakki procer purnakṣeme
b3i	ṣṭakule
b1ii	śātumaṣ· ///
b2ii	akeñepi ·v· ///
b3ii	tyuti sāwä ///
b1iii	atsiñe yoniyatse śiñcake sutasomi procer ///
b2iii	– – ṣeṣṣe kapärvināy śamaśkeṃtse tsukäle – ///

Translation

a1	In the 11th regnal year, [in the reign] of the king Swarṇābūṣpe, ///
a2	... (At) [that] time, ... being in the Yurpāṣkai Monastery, ///
a3	(sb.) let a [boy] called Purṇāśä leave from (his) nurse(?). ... of it ... ///
a4	Nañīṣṭe, Prefect of the Frontier (Prefecture).
b1i	Laraṣke, the son of Yaśotarko* (being inhabitant ?) of Käwotsi*.
b1ii	... ///
b1iii	Of the Atsi* district(?), Śiñcake, the brother of Sutasome*.
b2i	Purnakṣeme, the brother of Purnakke*
b2ii	of the frontier ... ///
b2iii	Of ..., Kapä[rv]i[n]āyä, the boy's nurse(?). ... ///
b3i	Ṣṭakule.
b3ii	... ///

References

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Lévi 1913: 320; Adams 2000: 4; Ching 2010: 327-329