THT 1254
| Known as: | THT 1254; Prelim. No. 69 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 1254". 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-tht1254 (accessed 14 Nov. 2025). |
Provenience | |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
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
| a1 | /// l·¯ ¯k : w· kk· [s̝a] ·w· – /// |
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| a2 | /// ·ks̝a pa rna 20 lkā ntra : ·re /// |
| a3 | /// 2 weṃ ṣye wä rñai sa śwā /// |
| a4 | /// toṃ la kle nta wä rpna ntra : /// |
| a5 | /// me k·ā ·o – – po /// |
| b1 | /// – [l]wā sa – ·s· tsa – /// |
| b2 | /// tu sa ke ntā ko yā ñmā – /// |
| b3 | /// pwā re mpe lyi : tse pe nne /// |
| b4 | /// ·me sa pi lke sa lpa – /// |
| b5 | /// ·i – l·ā – e me l·i /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// l·k : w· kk· ṣä ·w· – /// |
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| a2 | /// ·kṣä pärna 20 lkānträ : ·re /// |
| a3 | /// 2 weṃṣye wärñai sa śwā /// |
| a4 | /// toṃ läklenta wärpnanträ : /// |
| a5 | /// me k·ā ·o – – po /// |
| b1 | /// – lwāsa – ·s· tsä – /// |
| b2 | /// tusa ken tākoy āñmā – /// |
| b3 | n1 /// pwār empelyi : tsepenne /// |
| b4 | /// ·me sa pilke sälpä – /// |
| b5 | /// ·i – l·ā – eme l·i /// |
Commentary
Linguistic commentary
| n1 | tsepenne for tsaipenne. |
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Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | A1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1254; TITUS: THT 1254
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1254
Bibliography
“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.
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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.
