CEToM | THT 122

THT 122

Known as:	THT 122; B 122; Bleistiftnummer 2645
Cite this page as:	"THT 122". 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-tht122&outputformat=print (accessed 17 Jul. 2025).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQR 22 Frgm 5
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Rājavṛtti
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Kāvya
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 117-132
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	7

Known as:

THT 122; B 122; Bleistiftnummer 2645

Cite this page as:

"THT 122". 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-tht122&outputformat=print (accessed 17 Jul. 2025).

Provenience

Main find spot:

Kizil Ming-öy

Specific find spot:

Rothkuppelraum

Expedition code:

T III MQR 22 Frgm 5

Collection:

Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:

Linguistic stage:

archaic

Script:

classical

Text contents

Title of the work:

Rājavṛtti

Text genre:

Literary

Text subgenre:

Kāvya

Verse/Prose:

verse

Object

Manuscript:

THT 117-132

Material:

ink on paper

Form:

Poṭhī

Number of lines:

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	/// [we] sta rra skre ///
a2	/// [r]c· – [la] rau ññe sa 40 ///
a3	/// kseṃ snai lyi [p]ra ///
a4	/// nmā nma su lna s̝s̝aṃ o ///
a5	/// nte ya l[l]oṃ ce ccu ku ṣ(·)e ///
a6	/// [y]ma ssu [y]aṃ ypau na ne [yo] ///
a7	/// skā ra lñe nā – [l]·[e] ///
b1	/// p· to tk· ·ru· ///
b2	/// [lk]· swe mpre nts[e] kwi pa ssu – – ·ññ· ///
b3	/// s̝a lñe klu tka s̝s̝aṃ [śl]· ///
b4	/// mā ta ka rs̝ka ññe t[o] ///
b5	/// ka ṣṣi ntse • – ·e ·ä ///
b6	/// pa l[sk]o pa lskau ca • ///
b7	/// śtā kaṃ • tu ///

/// [we] sta rra skre ///

/// [r]c· – [la] rau ññe sa 40 ///

/// kseṃ snai lyi [p]ra ///

/// nmā nma su lna s̝s̝aṃ o ///

/// nte ya l[l]oṃ ce ccu ku ṣ(·)e ///

/// [y]ma ssu [y]aṃ ypau na ne [yo] ///

/// skā ra lñe nā – [l]·[e] ///

/// p· to tk· ·ru· ///

/// [lk]· swe mpre nts[e] kwi pa ssu – – ·ññ· ///

/// s̝a lñe klu tka s̝s̝aṃ [śl]· ///

/// mā ta ka rs̝ka ññe t[o] ///

/// ka ṣṣi ntse • – ·e ·ä ///

/// pa l[sk]o pa lskau ca • ///

/// śtā kaṃ • tu ///

Transcription

a1	/// westär räskre ///
a2	/// r c· – larauññesa 40(-5) ///
a3	/// (nä)kseṃ snai lyiprä ///
a4	/// (śä)nmānma su lnaṣṣäṃ o(stmeṃ) (40-6) ///
a5	/// nte yalloṃ ceccuku ṣ·e ///
a6	/// ymässu yaṃ ypaunane yo ///
a7	/// skāralñe nā(kä)l(ñ)e ///
b1	/// p· totk(a) (k)r_u(i) ///
b2	/// (spe)lk(e)sw emprentse kwipässu – – ·ññ· ///
b3	/// ṣälñe klutkäṣṣäṃ śl· ///
b4	/// mā takärṣkäññe to ///
b5	/// käṣṣintse • – ·e ·ä ///
b6	/// pälsko pälskauca • ///
b7	/// ś tākaṃ • tu ///

/// westär räskre ///

/// r c· – larauññesa 40(-5) ///

/// (nä)kseṃ snai lyiprä ///

/// (śä)nmānma su lnaṣṣäṃ o(stmeṃ) (40-6) ///

/// nte yalloṃ ceccuku ṣ·e ///

/// ymässu yaṃ ypaunane yo ///

/// skāralñe nā(kä)l(ñ)e ///

/// p· totk(a) (k)r_u(i) ///

/// (spe)lk(e)sw emprentse kwipässu – – ·ññ· ///

/// ṣälñe klutkäṣṣäṃ śl· ///

/// mā takärṣkäññe to ///

/// käṣṣintse • – ·e ·ä ///

/// pälsko pälskauca • ///

/// ś tākaṃ • tu ///

Commentary

Remarks

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

References

Online access

Edition

Bibliography

*	In one frame with THT 125 and THT 126. According to the content, a fragment from the leaf directly following THT 121, so leaf 88 of the manuscript.

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.

Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

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.

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