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THT 1539.c

Known as:THT 1539.c; Prelim. No. 431; Pencil No. 3318
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 1539.c". 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-tht1539c (accessed 14 Feb. 2026).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz (translation)

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:4

Images

Transliteration

a1/// [k]· [p]· c· – (–) t· ka ne pū wa¯ ¯r [y]· ///
a2/// mpa pe lai kne ṣṣe wä nta re a rta – ///
a3/// no lmeṃ [ṣa] wī yṣi n[ts]a o lya po wsa ·s̝a ///
a4/// nts· ā kṣo¯ ¯s̝ [p]e [lai] ·e – (– – –) – – ///
b1/// – ·n· ·k· nt· – – ///
b2/// pi lko ta rko¯ ¯s̝ ·e [mp]· – – ///
b3/// ñä kte ntse ā kṣo¯ ¯s̝ pe l[ai] – – ///
b4/// tra • s·a (–) – re ṣa mā neṃ¯ ¯ts wa ///

Transcription

a1/// k(e)p(e)c· – – t(ā)ka-ne pūwar ///
a2/// mpa pelaikneṣṣe wäntare arta – ///
a3/// (o)nolmeṃ ṣa yṣintsa olyapo wsa ·ṣä ///
a4/// (pañäkte)nts(e) ākṣoṣ pelai(kn)e – – – – – – ///
b1/// – ·n· ·k· nt· – – ///
b2/// pilko tärkoṣ (t)emp(a) – – ///
b3/// (pa)ñäktentse ākṣoṣ pelai(kne) – ///
b4/// träs·a·ā re ṣamāneṃts wa ///

Translation

a1... his seam (?)... was... fire...
a1+... together with... approving of the matter pertaining to the law...
a2+... beings... more than two nights (?)...
a3+... the law proclaimed by the (Buddha)...
b1+... having let the glance... with this...
b2+... the law proclaimed by the Buddha...
b3+... of the monks...

References

Online access

TITUS: THT 1539

Edition

Tamai 2007a: №1539

Bibliography

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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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