THT 1657
| Known as: | THT 1657; Prelim. No. 612; Pencil No. 2835 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 1657". 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-tht1657 (accessed 13 Feb. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | MQ 58 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
| Script: | middle archaic |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Prātimokṣa |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Vinaya |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 1657 |
| Material: | ink on wood tablet |
| Form: | Woodslip |
| Number of lines: | 3 |
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 | /// – ra sa – – ra /// |
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| a2 | /// ra ·r· (–) – na /// |
| a3 | /// rtse mā ka na s̝a le ta /// |
| b1 | /// – – – – pa stu ta ke nā l· /// |
| b2 | /// – – – – – [ma] s̝a [l]e /// |
| b3 | /// w·a stsi ·e /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// – ra sa – – ra /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// rä ·r· – – nä /// |
| a3 | /// rtse mā känäṣäle ta /// |
| b1 | /// – – – – pa stu tä ke nā l· /// |
| b2 | /// – – – – – mäṣäle /// |
| b3 | /// w·a stsi ·e /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| On the script type, see Malzahn 2007a: 266. birch bark |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Malzahn 2007a | A2 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
other
Tamai 2007a: №1657
Online access
IDP: THT 1657; TITUS: THT 1657
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Malzahn, Melanie. 2007a. “The most archaic manuscripts of Tocharian B and the varieties of the Tocharian B language.” In Instrumenta Tocharica, edited by Melanie Malzahn, 255–97. Heidelberg: Winter.
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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
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.
