THT 1281
| Known as: | THT 1281; Prelim. No. 100 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 1281". 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-tht1281 (accessed 21 Apr. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | MQ 69 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
| Script: | archaic |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 1233 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 8 |
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]· – /// |
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| a2 | /// co mpä ma lya ka /// |
| a3 | /// [l]a re ste śa le – /// |
| a4 | /// ttra ka ka rpi ye ye /// |
| a5 | /// ṣco nai ñta rknaṃ e w[e] ta wi ·l· /// |
| a6 | /// yo lo s̝ña ñna ntse e we tra – /// |
| a7 | /// – na || ści re we ñau ta m· ka lo ·e ·tru /// |
| a8 | /// – ·pa k· le śau mo ·e /// |
| b1 | /// ·l· (–) ·k· (–) – /// |
| b2 | /// – ·n· – lka – sru ke ma ne la – /// |
| b3 | /// ·ce ai lyñe e ntse ñä śco nai yñä – /// |
| b4 | /// tke trä tri ko s̝pa lsko sa – /// |
| b5 | /// k· cai ykne sa kca ka [l]· ·ä – /// |
| b6 | /// – spi rko rmeṃ a ll· /// |
| b7 | /// [na] lle || ca pi ce – /// |
| b8 | /// – – (–) – l·a /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// w· – /// |
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| a2 | /// compä ma lyaka /// |
| a3 | /// la re ste śä le – /// |
| a4 | /// ttra ka kärpi ye ye /// |
| a5 | /// ṣconaiñ tärknaṃ eweta wi ·l· /// |
| a6 | /// yolo ṣña ñnä ntse ewe trä – /// |
| a7 | /// – na ॥ ścire weñau täm ·kä lo ·e ·tru /// |
| a8 | /// – ·pa k· le śaumo ·e /// |
| b1 | /// ·l· – ·k· – – /// |
| b2 | /// – ·n· – lka – srukemane lä – /// |
| b3 | /// ·ce ailyñe entseñä śconai yñä – /// |
| b4 | /// tketrä trikoṣ pälskosa – /// |
| b5 | /// k·cai yknesa kca kä l· ·ä – /// |
| b6 | /// – s pirkormeṃ all· /// |
| b7 | /// na lle ॥ capi ce – /// |
| b8 | /// – – – – l·a /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| On the script type, see Malzahn 2007a: 265. |
References
other
Tamai 2007a: №1281
Online access
IDP: THT 1281; TITUS: THT 1281
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.
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.
