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THT 1320

Known as:THT 1320; Prelim. No. 144
Cite this page as:"THT 1320". 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-tht1320 (accessed 18 Nov. 2025).

Provenience

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:8

Images

Transliteration

a1/// ·w· ñ·e – mā – – ///
a2/// lle ·e ·y· ·e – lye – ///
a3/// ṣa ·e – ·y· ·o – – ///
a4/// na – na sā – a ·au¯ ¯s̝ – yä kne ts· ///
a5/// – lsko snai a ñma la s̝s̝a lle [y]o ·k· – ///
a6/// – rme tku ka rwä lo ka ñca na s· ma – ///
a7/// ///
b1/// – – – – – – – ///
b2/// – ṇeṃ ytā ri ne ·nā ma ne kl· ṅ·e – – – ///
b3/// – gho psa • tu meṃ wä lo – – – s· re – ///
b4/// s· twe – ro nt· wä lo pe lai kne [a] k· ṣ·e ///
b5/// ·mu l· (–) – meṃ lä – ///
b6/// m· – – la mba śnu – – ///
b7/// ñe – ·e – – – – ///
b8/// – – ·ä – ///

Transcription

a1/// ·w· ñ·e – – ///
a2/// lle ·e ·y· ·elye – ///
a3/// ṣa ·e·y· ·o – – ///
a4/// nana a ·auṣyäkne ts· ///
a5/// – lsko snai añmalaṣṣälle yo ·k· – ///
a6/// – rme tku karwä loka ñca na – ///
a7///
b1/// – – – – – – – ///
b2/// – ṇeṃ ytārine ·nāmane kl· ṅ·e – – – ///
b3/// – gho psatumeṃ wälo – – – re – ///
b4/// twero nt· wälo pelaikne a ṣ·e ///
b5/// ·mu – – meṃ – ///
b6/// – – la mba śnu – – ///
b7/// ñe·e – – – – ///
b8/// – – ·ä – ///

Commentary

Remarks

*On the script type, see Malzahn 2007a: 266.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Malzahn 2007aA2
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 1320; TITUS: THT 1320

Edition

Tamai 2007a: №1320

Bibliography

IDP

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

Malzahn 2007a

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 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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.

Tamai 2011

Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.

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.