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THT 135

Known as:THT 135; B 135; THT 135,1 = T III MQR 40 , THT 135,2 = T III MQR 44
Cite this page as:Hannes A. Fellner. "THT 135". 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-tht135 (accessed 05 May 2024).

Edition

Editor:Hannes A. Fellner

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:T III MQ 46 (on the fragment), T III MQR 40 (on the frame), T III MQR 44
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:archaic
Script:archaic

Text contents

Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Kāvya
Verse/Prose:verse
Meter:M9; M14_11_11_14

Object

Manuscript:THT 133-147
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:8

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Transliteration

a1(·)s· p· cp[ī] pr[e]¯ ¯u tk· nts[e] 10 9 śai ṣṣe ysa [l]ts· /// /// ·tra 20 a ṅkai· p[i] [l]k· ///
a2ste wro ttse ce¯ ¯u meṃ kla yaṃ ka tkre klo yo /// /// ··i kre ntya mo rpo pe stc[e] ///
a3ka lpa skeṃ pe lai kne ste ce nmeṃ /// /// ka llā tsī pe lai kne ste ///
a4si ñpa lsko ntse ka rkau¯ ¯u to ntsā [m]· /// /// pe lai kne ke¯ ¯t sū ///
a5sū me lyä tra 20 4 po kle śa /// /// 20 5 cpī kau na nts· ///
a6kte ṣṣe pī la kutse wña ste /// /// s̝a¯ ¯ñ pya ppyai ntsa [mā] ///
a7nā ntra : po pu dñä kti ma ·[e] ///
a8o tce¯ ¯u yū kseṃ [s]sā naṃ ///
b1l· e mpe lle yo l[o] ///
b2ta pe lai kne ntse kuce kw[ä] ///
b3nte ṣu kta nte 20 7 || se /// /// – dñä kte : ai [ṣṣ] ///
b4lmeṃ mā ka pa la nte pe lai [k]n· /// /// tne yä rmke śa : ā ///
b5rntse o ko s̝ka ssñä kcyī śai ṣṣī /// /// w[ai] pe cce ntse mā ñe ///
b6ñä s̝ta rkuse : ce¯ ¯u śva lme we ña pe /// /// [l]· kne ṣṣe śva lmeṃ ā yo¯ ¯r ///
b7mce kra tsa ai s̝a lle : aiṃ krui wai [v]· /// /// we ñī s̝a ñno śī lsū ///
b8ña ñmra mtā a nai śai po pa ṣṣī tra : [pa] /// /// h[m]ā ṇe wä tno sa ·[ī] ///

Transcription

19d a1·s· ; p· cpī preutk(e)ntse 10-9
20a śaiṣṣe ysälts(a) ; ///
20b
20c
20d /// ·trä 20
21a aṅkai(ṃ) pilk(o) ; /// a2ste wrottse
21b ceumeṃ klayaṃ ; kätkre kloyo… ///
21c
21d
22a /// ··i
22b krent yamor po ; pest ce a3kälpaskeṃ
22c pelaikne ste ; cenmeṃ ///
22d
23a
23b /// källātsī
23c pelaikne ste ; /// a4…siñ pälskontse
23d kärkauu tontsā ; m· ///
24a
24b
24c /// pelaikne
24d ket /// a5…sū melyäträ 20-4
25a po kleśä ///
25b
25c
25d /// 20-5
26a cpī kaunänts(e) ; (pūdñäkti)a6kteṣṣepī
26b läkutsewña ste ; ///
26c
26d
27a ///
27b ṣäñ pyappyaintsa ; /// a7…nānträ :
27c po pudñäkti ; mä·e ///
27d
28a a8ot ceu yūkseṃ ; ssānäṃ ///
30x b1empelle yolo ///
b2 …ta pelaiknentse kuce kwä… ///
b3 …nte ṣuktänte 20-7 ॥ se ///
1a 14σ
1b /// (pu)dñäkte :
1c aiṣṣ… /// b4…lmeṃ māka palante
1d pelaikn(e) /// 11σ
2a 14σ
2b /// tne yärm keśä :
2c ā… /// b5…rntse ; oko ṣkäss ñäkcyī śaiṣṣī
2d /// 14σ
3a 14σ ///
3b waipeccentse ; ñe… /// b6ñäṣtär kuse :
3c ceu śvalme weña ; pe… ///
3d 14σ
4a 10σ /// (pe);l(ai)kneṣṣe
4b śvalmeṃ āyor (ne)b7m;cek ra tsa aiṣälle :
4c aiṃ krui waiv(e) ///
4d 14σ
5a /// ; weñī ṣäñ no ; śīl ///
5b b8…ñ añm ramtā a;naiśai po paṣṣīträ :
5c pa… /// 10σ
5d 14σ
6a /// (bra)hmā;ṇe wät no ; sa·ī ///

Commentary

Remarks

The left-hand fragment THT 135,1 is in one frame with THT 136; the right-hand fragment THT 135,2 is in one frame with THT 140.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008 A1
Malzahn 2007a A4
Tamai 2011 A2
Tamai 2011 C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 135; TITUS: THT 135

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 68-69

Translations

Hackstein 1995: a8 (98); Thomas 1957: b4 (196); Thomas 1997: b8 (117)

Bibliography

Hackstein 1995

Hackstein, Olav. 1995. Untersuchungen zu den sigmatischen Präsensstammbildungen des Tocharischen. HS Erg.-Heft 38. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

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.

Peyrot 2008

Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.

Sieg and Siegling 1953

Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Tamai 2011

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

Thomas 1957

Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

Thomas 1997

Thomas, Werner. 1997. Interpretationsprobleme im Tocharischen. Unflektiertes A puk, B po “ganz, all, jeder”. Vol. 3. SbWGF. Stuttgart: Steiner.

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.”