Taj 2

Known as:	Taj 2
Cite this page as:	"Taj 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-taj2 (accessed 14 Aug. 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Tajik
Collection:	British Library (London)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Account
Verse/Prose:	prose

Transliteration

a1	\| sa ke ta ṣi \| mu rwī ri ṣi \| cai cā ni pa lkä ṣi
b1	mi ke po pta ma ṣeṃ cā neṃ a sā lle ka mā te pśā ka •
b2	/// sa kā mai – –

Transcription

a1	। saketaṣi । murwīriṣi । cai cāni palkäṣi
b1	mike po ptamaṣeṃ cāneṃ asālle kamāte pśāka •
b2	/// sa kāmai – –

Translation

a1	(Coins) pertaining to *Saketa. (Coins) pertaining to *Murwīri. These (are) coins pertaining to *Palkä.
b1	Mike has carried all the stūpa(s)' coins (as the ammount) to be brought: fifty. •
b2	/// I have carried/taken ... – –

Commentary

Remarks

*	Line b2 is turned by 180°.

References

other

Lévi 1928: 1030; Ching 2010: 308

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.

Lévi 1928

Lévi, Sylvain. 1928. “Appendix G: Notes on Manuscript Remains in Kuchean.” Innermost Asia. Detailed report of explorations in Central Asia, Kan-su and Eastern Īrān, 1029–30.