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THT 2683

Known as:	THT 2683; Prelim. No. 5848
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "THT 2683". 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-tht2683 (accessed 11 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	late
Script:	cursive
Text contents
Text genre:	Non-literary
Text subgenre:	Account
Verse/Prose:	prose
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Scroll

Transliteration

a1	ṣka sme ña ntse ne ka pyā re¯ ¯s kle s· ///
a2	wa wā ntsa¯ ¯s yi kṣye pi śṣa ṅkaṃ ///
a3	– ñcwa ri ke pu ña ra kṣi te lyā ka [¤] ///
a4	ṣu kme ña ka pyā re¯ ¯s kle se tau [yi]· ·[ṣ]· ///
a5	wa wā ntsaṃ¯ ¯s yi kṣye pi śṣa ṅkaṃ pu – ///
a6	pa ñcwa ri ke pu ña ra kṣi te lyā ka ¤ sa – ///
a7	o [km]e ña ntse ne ka pyā re¯ ¯s kle se tau [yi] ///
a8	[pa] le nta ke ntse wai ci wai yśe [nt]se ///
a9	/// [ta] [lai] – n··¯ ¯s pa – ///

Transcription

a1	ṣkas meñantsene kapyāres kles(e) ///
a2	wawāntsas yikṣye piś ṣaṅkäṃ ///
a3	(pa)ñcwarike puñarakṣite lyāka ¤///
a4	ṣuk meña{ntsene} kapyāres klese tau yi(k)ṣ(ye) ///
a5	wawāntsaṃsn1 yikṣye piś ṣaṅkäṃ pu ///
a6	pañcwarike puñarakṣite lyāka ¤sa(ṅkästere) ///
a7	ok meñantsene kapyāres klese tau yi(kṣye) ///
a8	pälentakentse wai ciwaiyśentse ///
a9	/// tälai(ka)n(tsa)s ///

Translation

a1	On day six, klese for the kapyāri...
a2	Flour of/for the weavers: five pints...
a3	The Pañcwarike Puñarakṣite saw it ¤...
a4	On day of the month seven, klese for the kapyāri: a peck. Flour...
a5	Flour for the weavers: five pints...
a6	The Pañcwarike Puñarakṣite saw it ¤. The Saṅkastere...
a7	On day of the month two, klese for the kapyāri: a peck. Flour...
a8	... of Pälentake and Ciwaiyśe...

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	Maybe the dot on the 'ntsa' isn't actually an anusvāra, but a virāma-dot. For a similar example of this usage of the virāma-dot, see THT 459 a7

References

Online access

IDP: THT 2683; TITUS: THT 2683

Edition

Tamai 2007a: №2683; Ching 2010: 234-235