English: Wooden plate with an inscription in Tocharian B describing a piece of land, either part of a sale contract (Pinault) or a record of a donation (Tamai).
Polski: Tabliczka z VI lub VII w. n.e. w języku
tocharskim B.
Date
6th century or 7th century
Medium
ink on wood
Dimensions
height: 12 cm (4.7 in); width: 19.5 cm (7.6 in); thickness: 0.7 cm (0.2 in)
Art of the Western Regions, Asian Gallery (Toyokan)
Accession number
Tocharian document no. 174; Otani 19.1
Place of discovery
Kucha, Xinjiang region, China
Credit line
Otani collection
Inscriptions
recto [Mitravardhana, Vīryaśānti, Aryarakṣita, Kalyāṇamokṣa, Ārtakoṣa, Satyarakṣita, Mitrasoma, Śāntisena, the Elder Buddhavarman, respectable ones have brought 1500 cānes to the place. The border of this monastery garden in the east [is] the river A[r]moki. [In] the south, the border is the arm of the river Yato. The border in the west is the great stream. The border in the north in the arm of the river Armoki down to the great stream. The sign on the kāy [is] lions looking backward.]
References
Adams, D.Q. (1998) "On the History and Significance of Some Tocharian B Agricultural Terms" in Mair, Victor H. , ed. The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia, 1, University of Pennsylvania Museum, pp. 372–378 ISBN:
978-0-941694-63-6.
Pinault, G.-J. (1998) "Tocharian Languages and Pre-Buddhist Culture" in Mair, Victor H. , ed. The Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Peoples of Eastern Central Asia, 1, University of Pennsylvania Museum, pp. 358–371 ISBN:
978-0-941694-63-6.
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