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SI P 139.g

Known as:	SI P 139.g; SI P/139(g)
Cite this page as:	"SI P 139.g". 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-sip139g (accessed 25 Jan. 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· ne sa ṅka ntse śe śu sa ysa re – c·
a2	– – – 10 3 to wi 5 ya pla cä ca ka nma 2
a3	[t]· [w]· 6 ¤ a ka ca nma 2 to wi 2 ¤
a4	kuśā n[i] la teṃ 1000 7 100 50 ṣä lype mu tka ntsi 40 7
b1	k[a] [py]· reṃ ts – – [sa] ysa re to wi 5
b2	[a] [ka] – – – 8 ya p 5 to wi –
b3	– – – śca – – (–) śa – – 4 to wi –

Transcription

a1	– – – m(eṃ)ne saṅkantse śeśusa ysare (la)c
a2	(cakanma) 10-3 towi 5 yap lac{†ä} cakanma 2
a3	t(o)w(i) 6 ¤aka ca{ka}nma 2 towi 2 ¤
a4	k_uśāni lateṃ 1000-7-100-50 ṣälype mutkantsi 40-7
b1	kapy(ā)reṃts (śeśu)sa ysare towi 5
b2	aka (cakanma) 8 yap 5 towi
b3	– – – śca – – – śa – – 4 towi

Translation

a1	In the ... month, the wheat eaten by the saṃgha [has been spent]:
a2	13 (piculs), 5 pecks. The barley (eaten by the saṃgha) has been spent: 2 piculs,
a3	6 [pecks]. ¤ The millet ā. (eaten by the saṃgha has been spent): two [piculs], 2 pecks. ¤
a4	The kuśānes have been spent: 1750. The oil/ghee (has been spent): 47 mutkāntses.
b1	The barley (eaten) by the kapyāres: 5 pecks.
b2	[The millet ā.] (eaten by the kapyāres): 8 (piculs). The barley (eaten by the kapyāres): 5 pecks. ...
b3	... 4 pecks ...

References

other

Ching 2010: 326-327

Bibliography

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