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SI Strelkov-D 2

Known as:SI Strelkov-D 2; SI Strelkov-D/2
Cite this page as:"SI Strelkov-D 2". 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-sistrelkovd2 (accessed 07 Mar. 2026).

Provenience

Collection:Institute of Oriental Manuscripts (St. Petersburg)

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:late

Text contents

Text genre:Non-literary
Text subgenre:Contract
Verse/Prose:prose

Transliteration

a1/// n[e] wa ce me nne i käṃ trai ne
a2/// ṅka tse ma ñī ye śo mo
a3/// – [o] ·i [c]ai [y]ä [r]e me
b1/// – cai yä ś[ā] mna re me ||
b2/// (– – – –) ///

Transcription

a1n1 /// °ne wace menne ikäṃ traine
a2/// (sa)ṅkatse mañīye śomo
a3/// – o ·i caiy{†ä} reme
b1/// – caiy{†ä} śāmna reme
b2/// – – – – ///

Translation

a1/// ... In the 2nd month, on the 23rd day
a2/// ... a servant (and?) a man of [the saṃgha]
a3/// ... These witnesses ...
b1/// ... These men (are) witnesses. ||
b2...

Commentary

Linguistic commentary

n1Note the depalatalized menne for meñne.

References

other

Ching 2010: 330-331

Bibliography

Ching 2010

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