THT 1550

Known as:	THT 1550; Prelim. No. 445; Pencil No. 3300
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 1550". 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-tht1550 (accessed 17 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQR
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

Transliteration

a1	/// ///
a2	/// ·n· po kse ñ[n]ai kuce t·¯ ¯mp klai na ya ma skeṃ 8 a m· ///
a3	/// – tsa ṅkau se we sno skwa sso¯ ¯ñc ke klyu tko¯ ¯s̝ : wa lo – ///
a4	/// ·ts· o ko ṣ·a mai yya ā kṣi ñi ña ke : ka lpā – ///
a5	/// ·i ya wno lmeṃ¯ ¯ts tsa ṅka ñyā¯ ¯s̝ rma mñe : lā nte e rsna lk· ///
a6	/// k· – nt· ya rke śco 10-1 wa lo lyā ka o no l·eṃ mā tu – ///
b1	/// n·¯ ¯s̝ ṣ· yeṃ wno lmi ce wpre ke 2 a lye kpre ke na n· – ka – ///
b2	/// – yä kne sa po wno lmeṃ y[ā] t· te se ye twe ntsa – kuce nai ///
b3	/// – ¯r ya ma skeṃ po kse ñi twe ce wä nte : a mā¯ ¯cä [nta] – ///
b4	/// w· sno skwa sso¯ ¯ñcä ma ske mtra – ska pa lsko lā nte – ///
b5	/// – swā so¯ ¯yä śā tre a kā śmeṃ na śi – l· kle l· – lm· ///
b6	/// ·ai ·e – ·e ·au m· – – l·o – – pa l·o – ///

a1	/// ///
a2	/// ·n· pokse-ñ nai k_uce t(a)mp klaina yamaskeṃ 8 a m· ///
a3	/// – tsäṅkau se wes no skwassoñc keklyutkoṣ : walo – ///
a4	/// ·ts· oko ṣ·a maiyya ākṣi ñi ñake : kalpā – ///
a5	/// ·i ya wnolmeṃts tsaṅka ñyāṣ rmamñe : lānte ersna lk· ///
a6	/// k· – nt· yarkeśco 10-1 walo lyāka onol(m)eṃ mā tu – ///
b1	/// n·ṣ ṣ(e)yeṃ wnolmi cew preke 2 alyek preke na n· – kä – ///
b2	/// – yäknesa po wnolmeṃ yā t· te se yetwentsa – k_uce nai ///
b3	/// – r yamaskeṃ pokse ñi twe ce wänte : amāc nta – ///
b4	/// w·s no skwassoñc mäskemträ – ska palsko lānte – ///
b5	/// – swāsoy śātre akāśmeṃ naśi – l(a)kle l· – lm· ///
b6	/// ·ai ·e – ·e ·au m· – – l·o – – pa l·o – ///

a1+	... tell me now what the women are doing there.
a3	... this one has arisen.
a3	We have become happy.
a3	The king...
a3+	... the (good) fruit...
a4	May he relate the power to me now.
a4	... obtain...
a4+	... to the beings, there arose the desire (and) tendency to see the form of the king...
a5+	... to honor...
a6	The king saw the beings... not...
a6+	... the beings were... at that time.
b1	Another time...
b1+	... in (this) way, he decorated all beings with ornaments which...
b2+	... they do...
b3	Relate you to me this matter.
b3	Ministers...
b3+	... we are happy.
b4	... the mind of the king...
b4+	... may it rain grain from the sky.
b5	May the suffering disappear (?)...