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THT 1359

Known as:THT 1359; Prelim. No. 195
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 1359". 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-tht1359 (accessed 17 Jun. 2025).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz (translation)

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:MQ 69
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:3

Images

Transliteration

a1/// ·śp· lmeṃ • wro cci ka ma rti ki te ntse ṣa rmtsa ñe mtā ka stra ya striṃ śa ñä kcy[e] [ś]ai ///
a2/// l·eṃ – – ma rta ññe wā kta rpe rne pe ñyai sa gra ha nma ne ra mtkau ñä kte 30 6 – ///
a3/// l·ā w·e ṣ·e śā m·e (–) ṣṣe • kt·e ·o ///
b1/// – (–) – – (–) – – ¯ts – ·ts· ·ñ· – (–) ph· ra ty· ///
b2/// – wr· kaṃ ke ktse ñe mā o rka mo ma ske ta rc·¯ ¯ts pya· yai ntse ka ce k·ä rñai [i] ///
b3/// ktsau wña mā ka na s̝s̝aṃ ·u me rṣle sa • ke ktse ñe ce¯ ¯ts la kuse tsa po kau s̝apa¯ ¯s[t] o ///

Transcription

a1/// ·śp(ā)leṃwrocci kamartiki tentse ṣarmtsa ñem tāka strayastriṃśä ñäkcye śai(ṣṣe) ///
a2/// (śpā)l(m)eṃ(ka)martaññe wākṣtär perne peñyaisa grahanmane ramt kauñäkte 30-6 – ///
a3/// l·ā w·e ṣ·e śā m·eṣṣekt·e ·o ///
b1/// – – – – – – – ts·ts· ·ñ· – – ph· ra ty· ///
b2/// – wr· kṣäṃ kektseñe orkamo mäsketär c(e)ts pya(p)yaintse ka ce-k ·ärñai i ///
b3/// ktsauwña kanäṣṣäṃ ·u merṣle sakektseñe cets läkuse tsa po kauṣäṃ päst o ///

Translation

a1... best... great rulers... for that reason was the name... The world of the thirty three gods...
a2... excellent rulership is distinguished through glory and splendor like the sun among planets.
b2... their body is not dark, ... of a flower... somehow...
b3... light... does not fulfill Their light body... kills all...

Other

a1Because of this, you [pl.] will be called great rulers, … in the divine trayastriṃśa world … (Peyrot 2013b: 666)

References

Online access

IDP: THT 1359; TITUS: THT 1359

Edition

Tamai 2007a: №1359

Translations

Peyrot 2013b: a1 (666)

Bibliography

IDP

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

Peyrot 2013b

Peyrot, Michaël. 2013b. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.

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.