THT 1552.b
| Known as: | THT 1552.b; Prelim. No. 458 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 1552.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-tht1552b (accessed 12 Apr. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQR 105 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Unidentified drama |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 520 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | (8) |
Images
Transliteration
| a1 | /// [s]· ·w· /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// – – /// |
| a3 | /// po – /// |
| a4 | /// y[s]ā /// |
| b1 | /// – (–) u – /// |
| b2 | /// koṃ śka /// |
| b3 | /// i /// |
| b4 | /// ka ra – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// s· ·w· /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// – – /// |
| a3 | /// po – /// |
| a4 | /// ysā /// |
| b1 | /// – – u – /// |
| b2 | /// koṃ śka /// |
| b3 | /// i /// |
| b4 | /// ka ra – /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| Four small fragments belonging to the same manuscript as THT 1552.a; this large fragments has been edited in Sieg and Siegling 1953: 322-323 as no. THT 520; under the same number, Sieg/Siegling also edited one line each from THT 1552.d and THT 1552.e. |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1552b; TITUS: THT 1552
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1552
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.
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.
