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THT 1540.b

Known as:THT 1540.b; Prelim. No. 432; Pencil No. 3312
Cite this page as:"THT 1540.b". 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-tht1540b (accessed 17 Apr. 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:T III 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:6

Images

Transliteration

a1/// – k· pa ññ· kt· – s̝a – – ·m· – (–) ·k· ·t· ///
a2/// – ce re wä rśi ntsai sa twe a rtskauṃ spā ktaṃ ya ma ·ṣṣ· ·ai ///
a3/// – st· tū la kle¯ ¯ñ 20 7 wä lo pre ksa cī ka nai śi n·ai pā – ///
a4/// ·o tse pa ce re ne ste ñya ntpī ktsai tsī e ślmo s̝a – ///
a5/// rko y·a s·a k·aṃ yā mi mme ko spi ·tai kcā ś· – ///
a6/// – po – ·e ·ai – ·i ///
b1/// – ·ts· ks· ///
b2/// – ·ni ·s· – – la no [lye] – kne we – – klai – ///
b3/// – ·p· ·e[¯] [¯]ñ ro[¯] [¯]k – ta¯ ¯w [s]tī ta sa po – [ś]ī pu dñä – ///
b4/// ·ai ·e ·ni p[t]ā t[s]eṃ – no ·o lype ñä¯ ¯ś w· – ·ai paṃ – – ///
b5/// – pa tre t· ·wā ·i – (– – – –) ·e ///

Transcription

27d/// – päññ·kt·ṣä – – ·m· – – ·k· ·t· /// a2/// – ce re rśi ntsai sa twe a rtskauṃ spāktaṃ yamä ·ṣṣ· ·ai /// a3/// – st· läkleñ 20-7
*wälo preksa ka nai śi n·ai · – ///
a4/// ·o tse pacer ene ste ñy antpī ktsaitsī lmoṣä – ///
a5/// rko y·a s·a k·aṃ yāmimme kos pi ·tai kcā ś· – ///
a6/// – po·e ·ai·i ///
b1/// – ·ts· ks· ///
b2/// – ·ni ·s· – – no lyekne we – – klai – ///
b3/// – ·p· ·eñ roktaw stī ta sa pośī pudñä – ///
b4/// ·ai ·e ·ni ptā tseṃno ·o lype ñäś ·ai paṃ – – ///
b5/// – pa tre ·wā ·i – – – – – ·e ///

References

Online access

IDP: THT 1540b; TITUS: THT 1540

Edition

Tamai 2007a: №1540

Bibliography

IDP

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

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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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