THT 1555
| Known as: | THT 1555; Vorl. Nr. 462 Bleistift Nr. 2623 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "THT 1555". 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-tht1555 (accessed 06 Jul. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Scroll |
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
| a1 | ṣle ta¯ ¯ś pi ṅ·· /// |
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| a2 | cce – ñi le¯ ¯ś krai ni /// |
| a3 | rra ya neṃ śā mna pi¯ ¯ś /// |
| a4 | ksai • ṣe me ke rcca wai • [ṣe] /// |
| a5 | rso yai tko¯ ¯r lā – cai /// |
| a6 | tā rka ñi /// |
| a7 | mā ya – |
Transcription
| a1 | ṣletaś piṅ(käṃ) /// |
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| a2 | cce – ñi leś krai ni /// (pa-) |
| a3 | -rra yaneṃ śāmna piś /// (ṣeme) (o-) |
| a4 | -ksai • ṣeme kerccawai • ṣe(me) /// (pka-) |
| a5 | -rso yaitkor lā – cai /// |
| a6 | tārka ñi /// |
| a7 | mā ya – /// |
Translation
| a1 | The Ṣletaś writes... |
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| a2 | ... |
| a3 | ... they go out: five men.... |
| a4 | ... one cow • one donkey • one... |
| a5 | Know... the order... |
| a6 | Let me/my... |
| a7 | Not... |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1555; TITUS: THT 1555
Edition
Ching 2010: 303; Ogihara 2018: 36; Tamai 2007a: №1555
Bibliography
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2018. “Two fragments of Tocharian B laissez-passers kept in the Berlin Collection.” In Great Journeys across the Pamir Mountains: A Festschrift in Honor of Zhang Guangda on his Eighty-fifth Birthday, 37:33–45. Brill’s Inner Asian Library. Leiden: Brill.
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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.
