THT 1154
| Known as: | THT 1154; Prelim. No. 193; Pencil No. 2261 |
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| Cite this page as: | Georges-Jean Pinault (transliteration); Michaël Peyrot. "THT 1154". 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-tht1154 (accessed 15 Mar. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Georges-Jean Pinault (transliteration); Michaël Peyrot |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 90.6 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 6.8 × 7.2 cm |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
| Interline spacing: | 2.0 cm |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// w· yn· – ·r· /// |
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| a2 | /// [s̝]a i ndri ntwā śśi pk[a] /// |
| a3 | /// [ntu] sā twä ryo yä rnā /// |
| a4 | /// wä knu mi [n]· /// |
| b1 | /// – tsp· k· ¯ – /// |
| b2 | /// ·ta mn· wkaṃ nyo e ṅka /// |
| b3 | /// k[l]o pa ṣiṃ pa¯ ¯t [s]a m[ca] /// |
| b4 | /// [pa] ṣiṃ pa¯ ¯t [ki] /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// w· yn· – ·r· /// |
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| a2 | /// ṣ{†ä} indrintwāśśi pka /// |
| a3 | /// ntu sāt wäryo yärnā /// |
| a4 | /// (tämne)-wäknumin(āṃ) /// |
| b1 | /// – tsp(o)k(iñc) /// |
| b2 | /// · tämn(e) wkäṃnyo eṅkä(l) /// |
| b3 | /// klopaṣiṃ pat säm ca /// |
| b4 | n1 /// (klo)paṣiṃ pat ki /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... |
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| a2 | ... of the senses ... |
| a3 | ... wash with warm water ... |
| a4 | ... in this way ... |
| b1 | ... they suck ... |
| b2 | ... in this way passion ... |
| b3 | ... or of sorrow. He ... |
| b4 | ... or of sorrow ... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | ki: the reading is uncertain; [k](l)[o](p) 'sorrow' would also be possible. One of the very few words beginning with ki would be kip 'shame'. |
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References
Online access
IDP: THT 1154; TITUS: THT 1154
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1154
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007a. “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” Thesaurus indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan collection. 2007. http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/tht.htm.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
