THT 2668
| Known as: | THT 2668 |
|---|---|
| Cite this page as: | "THT 2668". 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-tht2668 (accessed 07 Aug. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
| Script: | very archaic |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Translation of a Sanskrit medical text |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Medicine/Magic |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 2668 + THT 2674 ? |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 4 × 2 cm |
| Number of lines: | 4+ |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// – n· – /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// – [ś]· [ly]·ṃ /// |
| a3 | /// – vi j·· – /// |
| b1 | /// – – – /// |
| b2 | /// ·ā ha [||] /// |
| b3 | /// – g[a] [b]·· /// |
| b4 | /// ·i – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// – n· – /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// – ś· ly·ṃ /// |
| a3 | /// vij·· – /// |
| b1 | /// – – – /// |
| b2 | /// ·ā ha ॥ /// |
| b3 | /// – ga b·· /// |
| b4 | /// ·i – /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| The transliteration/transcription is taken from Peyrot 2014a: 143. | |
| One of the most archaic Tocharian texts; on the script type, see Malzahn 2007a: 267 and 274. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Malzahn 2007a | A1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 2668; TITUS: THT 2668
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №2668
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.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2014a. “La relation entre la chronologie du tokharien B et la paléographie.” In Lecteurs et copistes dans les traditions manuscrites iraniennes, indiennes et centrasiatiques, edited by Nalini Balbir and Maria Szuppe, 12:121–47. Eurasian Studies. Roma: Istituto per l’Oriente Carlo Alfonso Nallino.
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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.
