THT 1587
| Known as: | THT 1587; Prelim. No. 511; Pencil No. 2080 |
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| Cite this page as: | Melanie Malzahn. "THT 1587". 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-tht1587 (accessed 07 Feb. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Melanie Malzahn |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Expedition code: | T III Š 25 |
| 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
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 | /// (·)s(·) – (– –) lsk[o] ne /// |
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| a2 | /// – wa¯ ¯t• yā kṣe w(·)¯ ¯t• [r](·) /// |
| a3 | /// (·)[ā] ki a sū ri • ga ru ḍi – /// |
| a4 | /// – ṅk[e] tsa rka l(·)[e] mā – – /// |
| b1 | /// mai w(·) t[e] – kn(·) • yo /// |
| b2 | /// ltsā te [•] ce no pe lai [k]n(·) /// |
| b3 | /// – he śva re śle we rtsi – /// |
| b4 | /// n(·)a w[o] /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ·s· – – (pa)lskone /// |
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| a2 | /// – wat yākṣe w(a)t r(ākṣatse) /// |
| a3 | /// (n)āki asūri • garuḍi – /// |
| a4 | /// – ṅke tsärkal(l)e mā – – /// |
| b1 | /// maiw(ā)te – kn· • yo /// |
| b2 | /// (kä)ltsāte • ce no pelaikn(e) /// |
| b3 | /// (ma)heśvare śle wertsi(yai) /// |
| b4 | /// n·a wo /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... in the mind ... |
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| a2 | ... or ... or a Yākṣa [demon] or a R(ākṣasa) [demon] ... |
| a3 | ... Nāgas [serpents] [and] Asuras [demons]. Gāruḍas [demons] ... |
| a4 | ... burning ... |
| b1 | ... (s)he trembled ... |
| b2 | ... (s)he oppressed. But the law ... |
| b3 | ... Maheśvara together with [his] retinue ... |
| b4 | ... |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1587; TITUS: THT 1587
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1587
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.
