THT 1248
| Known as: | THT 1248; Prelim. No. 63 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 1248". 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-tht1248 (accessed 22 Apr. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | MQ 73 |
| 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: | 5 |
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
| lf | 50 1 |
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| a1 | (– – – –) – le¯ ¯u ke /// |
| a2 | (–) s̝a mau su dā ṣṇe nme wä /// |
| a3 | ntā ta nte śta rtte a ·ā – /// |
| a4 | śa mä śka ne we steṃ – /// |
| a5 | ra pe yne meṃ re ske ñ· /// |
| b1 | ·k· – – s·¯ ¯t • kṣā – /// |
| b2 | wä rtto s̝ca la co || – /// |
| b3 | ṣe ke ka mo¯ ¯r • yo – /// |
| b4 | mpa e ṣe śa mtsi ṣe¯ ¯k wno /// |
| b5 | kma ki ko ccä /// |
Transcription
| lf | 50-1 |
| a1 | – – – – – leu ke /// |
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| a2 | – ṣä mau su dā ṣṇe nme wä /// |
| a3 | ntā tä nte śtä rtte a ·ā – /// |
| a4 | śamäśkane westeṃ – /// |
| a5 | ra peynemeṃ reske ñ· /// |
| b1 | ·k· – – s·t • kṣā – /// |
| b2 | wärttoṣca läco ॥ – /// |
| b3 | ṣe kekämor • yo – /// |
| b4 | mpa eṣe śämtsi ṣek wno /// |
| b5 | kma ki ko ccä /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| On the script type, see Malzahn 2007a: 265-266. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Malzahn 2007a | A5 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1248; TITUS: THT 1248
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1248
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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.
