THT 1497.a
| Known as: | THT 1497.a; Prelim. No. 351 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 1497.a". 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-tht1497a (accessed 18 Feb. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQR |
| 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
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
| a1i | /// pä |
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| a2i | /// – ya |
| a3i | – śä kä • /// r· ṣṣe kta wa |
| a4i | ykna lme ce • śa pa r· – rdra sa wa rṣä |
| a5i | śa ñca po • pra – nta ri kä • |
| a6i | ta ka – • ś· ri ṣa pū ṣä pntse pi ptsa |
| a7i | p·i ya ntsā – ta ka ·o |
| a1ii | tä ṣa la ṣa nträ • – trä – – – |
| a2ii | ·ra pu tta ri kä a śca ga tta • ṣṣe ṣä |
| a3ii | śa pa | lo drä • we te ne • ai yye n· |
| a4ii | ni ki ta ka mpa mi śä kä • rä se śäṃ |
| a5ii | ma ñcä ṣä t • mi lma ma ti • we – – |
| a6ii | śi ri ṣa ka ·pa • rne sa no ru • – prä – |
| a7ii | – ro tä • |
| a8ii | – – cca śe • ai ta mä nta kä rtseṃ |
| b1i | – – – • da ṣa pa kä • – r· kte |
| b2i | ṣ· kä • ka ko ri • tä r· ya pai ka |
| b3i | ma ha me kä • ka wi trau nta wa |
| b4i | kṣi ra ka ko ri • – – ·ai – |
| b5i | – – – /// |
| b1ii | ṣa ñca ·do • ta ba la ṣa trä • ma śä nta • |
| b2ii | wi ṣa kä • bi lpa ma di • |
| b3ii | we te ni • da ṣa bha go • a kwi ñwe te ni |
| b4ii | śa ba ra lau trä • ma hā me da • śa ka da • /// be me ya rmä • |
| b5ii | ki ro tä • ni ci te ka mpa • nau ṣpe e n·e • |
| b6ii | a mrä ta pa trä • ka ko ja |
| b7ii | śi ri sa ṣu sso • – ra ka ko ṭi • mä la se ṣa – |
| b8ii | – – ta mä t· • pra ṣa ·o ·i • sä – – – – |
Transcription
| a1i | /// pä |
|---|---|
| a2i | /// – ya |
| a3i | – śä kä • /// r· ṣṣe kta wa |
| a4i | ykna lme ce • śa pa r· – rdra sa wa rṣä |
| a5i | śa ñca po • pra – nta ri kä • |
| a6i | ta ka – • ś· ri ṣa pū ṣäp ntse pi ptsa |
| a7i | p·i ya ntsā – ta ka ·o |
| a1ii | tä ṣa la ṣa nträ • – trä – – – |
| a2ii | ·ra pu tta ri kä aśca ga tta • ṣṣe ṣä |
| a3ii | śa pa । lo drä • wetene • aiyye n· |
| a4ii | ni ki ta ka mpa mi śä kä • rä se śäṃ |
| a5ii | ma ñcä ṣät • mi lma ma ti • we – – |
| a6ii | śi ri ṣa ka ·pa • rne sa no ru • – prä – |
| a7ii | – ro tä • |
| a8ii | – – cca śe • ai ta mänta kärtseṃ |
| b1i | – – – • da ṣa pa kä • – r· kte |
| b2i | ṣ· kä • ka ko ri • tä r·ya pai ka |
| b3i | ma ha me kä • ka wi trau nta wa |
| b4i | kṣi ra ka ko ri • – – ·ai – |
| b5i | – – – /// |
| b1ii | ṣa ñca ·do • ta ba la ṣa trä • ma śä nta • |
| b2ii | wi ṣa kä • bi lpa ma di • |
| b3ii | we te ni • da ṣa bha go • a kwi ñwe te ni |
| b4ii | śa ba ra lau trä • ma hā me da • śa ka da • /// be me ya rmä • |
| b5ii | ki ro tä • ni ci te kampa • nau ṣpe en·e • |
| b6ii | amräta pa trä • ka ko ja |
| b7ii | śi ri sa ṣu sso • – ra ka ko ṭi • mä la se ṣa – |
| b8ii | – – ta mä t· • pra ṣa ·o ·i • sä – – – – |
Commentary
Remarks
| On the script type, see Malzahn 2007a: 266. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Malzahn 2007a | A4 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1497a; TITUS: THT 1497
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1497
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.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
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.
