THT 1181
| Known as: | THT 1181; Prelim. No. 1 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 1181". 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-tht1181 (accessed 15 Nov. 2025). |
Provenience | |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
| Script: | archaic |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 7 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// sa so [lm]· /// |
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| a2 | /// mo rṣṣe pi – /// |
| a3 | /// ·ñ· ca dr· śa yai tko rṣa rnt· (–) [||] /// |
| a4 | /// c·¯ ¯u pre ke ylai ñä kte e ka pu tta ri ke rcce ye nte • – /// |
| a5 | /// – – dgu lya yä neṃ [ai] śai ya mṣa ·e /// |
| a6 | /// l·o ysnai tse ka tka lo¯ ¯ī wai ·e /// |
| a7 | /// t[k]i nā nnt·a nto [i] [l]· /// |
| b1 | /// ma sra mu dga [ly]· /// |
| b2 | /// [ne] śa rka ne • snai rmä mñe ta k· – /// |
| b3 | /// – la ṣṣe krau pe ra śa mprai ne | |
| b4 | /// ṣṣ· na ru pya la nt· noṃ kau ñä kte sa mu dga lya – |
| b5 | /// ñca lśa rne ya mo śa ·ke /// |
| b6 | /// – pai ne wi /// |
| b7 | /// [p]· wro cce ke ·e /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// sa so lm· /// |
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| a2 | /// morṣṣepi – /// |
| a3 | /// ·ñ· ca dr· śä yaitkorṣa rnt· – ॥ /// |
| a4 | /// c·u preke ylai-ñäkte ekaputta rikercce yente • – /// |
| a5 | /// – – dgulyayäneṃ aiśai ya mṣa ·e /// |
| a6 | /// l·oy snaitse kätkä loī wai ·e /// |
| a7 | /// tki nā nnt·a nto i l· /// |
| b1 | /// mäsrä mudgaly· /// |
| b2 | /// ne śärkane • snai rmä mñe ta k· – /// |
| b3 | /// – lä ṣṣe kraupe ra śä mprai ne । |
| b4 | /// ṣṣ· na rupya länt· noṃ kauñäktesa mudgalya – |
| b5 | /// ñcal śärne yamośä ·ke /// |
| b6 | /// – paine wi /// |
| b7 | /// p· wrocce ke ·e /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| On the script type, see Malzahn 2007a: 265. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Malzahn 2007a | A5 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1181; TITUS: THT 1181
other
Tamai 2007a: №1181
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Malzahn, Melanie. 2007a. “The most archaic manuscripts of Tocharian B and the varieties of the Tocharian B language.” In Instrumenta Tocharica, edited by Melanie Malzahn, 255–97. Heidelberg: Winter.
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.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
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.
