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THT 1312

Known as:	THT 1312; Prelim. No. 136
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation transcription transliteration). "THT 1312". 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-tht1312 (accessed 10 Nov. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation transcription transliteration)
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:	7

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Transliteration

a1	/// – – (–) – – ka – || – – – k· nts· (– –) – – ///
a2	/// ·o kśa ne ñi e śne ṣṣi ta – ·tā ṣṣe pa du – a kā lka [ṣṣi] ///
a3	/// yyai tu po [s]taṃ tā s̝s̝a ṣṣ· p· kw· rka – – – ·e – – ///
a4	/// ·e ·e n·a sn· ai l·e ·ra lū no lā n·a – ·ai – (–) – ///
a5	/// tsū wai yä tsi 1 || a rwa ke ne ne || ma kte ra mtśau mo ta pr[e] ś· ///
a6	/// – wa tno ma tre wä se lye lyk[o] ·m· || sva ra no wä lo a mā cä ntse ·o [y]· ///
a7	/// k·o ys̝a rmnta – nta meṃ ñyā – || ·o n· m· ka pi le ntsa || – ·eṃ – ///
b1	/// ·ra ṣ· kro kśa kre ntwe re sa – tkra kka sā¯ ¯u e śai na ka rka no – || ta – ///
b2	/// – kte ra m[t]·o hī ṇiṃ ṣa ·i – ·i kmū trai e śai wä tno hra meṃ mpa ṣe [sa] – ///
b3	/// mcu ṣke tā¯ ¯u lya ka wī n· [sa] l[w]a [t]ai || na – vi la pne || tu – ///
b4	/// k· ·ts· tā y·e – rm·a – ·o s·ā – ·ñu ta – – – ///
b5	/// y·ā – kne || a ñc· ly· m· – ñmu [a] ṣca po pa – – ta ///
b6	/// – kle ·tseṃ ścai tsi • pau – – [da] re ke wna ṣṣī re rī no¯ ¯[s̝] – – ///
b7	/// – – ·e – ·o – ·e ///

Transcription

a1	/// – – – – – kä – ॥ – – – k· nts· – – – – ///
a2	/// ·o kśä ne ñi eśneṣṣi tä – ·tā ṣṣe padu(m) akālkäṣṣi ///
a3	/// yyai tu postäṃ tā ṣṣä ṣṣ· p· kw· rkä – – – ·e – – ///
a4	/// ·e ·e n·a sn(ai) ail(ñ)e ·rä lū no lān(ts)a – ·ai – – – ///
a5	/// tsūwai yätsi 1 ॥ arwa kenene ॥

Xx	mäkte ramt śaumo täpre ś· /// a6 /// – wat no matre-wäse lyelyko(r)m(eṃ)

*	॥ svarano wälo amācäntse ·o ·y· ·///
a7	/// k·o yṣärmntä – ntä meṃ ñyā(ssa) ॥ ·o n· m(ā)ka pilentsa ॥

Xx	– ·eṃ – /// b1 /// ·rä ṣ· krokśä krent weresa – tkra kka sāu eśainä kärkä no –

*	॥ ta – ///
b2	/// (meñä)kte ramt (r)ohīṇiṃ ṣa ·i – ·i kmūtrai eśai wät no hrämeṃmpa ṣesa – ///
b3	/// mcuṣke tāu lyaka wīn(a) salwatai ॥ na – vilapne ॥ tu – ///
b4	/// k· ·ts· tā y·e – rm·a – ·o s·ā – ·ñu ta – – – ///
b5	/// y·ā – kne ॥ añc(a)ly(i) m· – ñmu a ṣca po pä – – tä ///
b6	/// – kle ·tseṃ ścai tsi • pau – – da rekewnaṣṣī rerīnoṣ – – ///
b7	/// – – ·e – ·o – ·e ///

Translation

a1+	... of my eyes... the lotus of... the... of wish...
a2+	... thereafter...
a3+	... without giving gift... to go towards...
a5	... in the Arwa-tune:
a5	Just like a tall person (?)...
a5+	... or having seen the sharp-poisoned...
a6	King Svarano (?) (said?) to (his) minister...:
a6+	... with the desire to...
a7	... by many wounds...
a7+	... through good smell, the bee (is attracted?).
b1	... it (raises ?) its eyes
b1+	... like the moon (together with) Rohiṇi... water lily... or together with hrämeṃ...
b2+	.. the prince saw her
b3	and passion was ignited.
b3	In the Na(la?)-Vilāpa-tune:
b5	The añjali-gesture...
b6	... of words... left behind...

References

other

Tamai 2007a: №1312

Online access

IDP: THT 1312; TITUS: THT 1312

Bibliography

IDP

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

Tamai 2007a

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.

TITUS

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.