THT 2693
| Known as: | THT 2693; Prelim. No. 5857 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "THT 2693". 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-tht2693 (accessed 18 Sep. 2024). |
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 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | swā mi a śa ri śa rsa |
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| a2 | po pi kwa lye cā ne ntsa ka ryau mlyo ko tau ·e /// |
| a3 | sto¯ ¯m ·e ·e – – |
| a4 | /// ly· ka ¤ |
| a5 | /// ·i – – ·i śa rsa |
| a6 | /// ·y· k[o] [tau] sa me mi sk[au] mlyo ko ·au ṣṣe pu /// |
| a7 | /// – – [sa] nai tau ṣu kṣa ṅkaṃ |
| a8 | /// p[u] ·ai – ·e [ca]ṃ [ka] [p]·i /// |
Transcription
| a1 | swāmi aśari śarsa |
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| a2 | po pikwalye cānentsa käryau mlyokotau(ṣṣ)e /// |
| a3 | (ṣka)s tom (ṣ)e(m)e (ṣaṅk) |
| a4 | /// ly(ā)ka ¤ |
| a5 | /// (swām)i (aśar)i śarsa |
| a6 | /// (ml)y(o)kotausa memiskau mlyoko(t)auṣṣe pu /// |
| a7 | /// – – sanai tau ṣuk ṣaṅkäṃ |
| a8 | /// pu ·ai – ·e caṃ kap(c)i |
Translation
| a1 | The lord ācārya knew about it. |
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| a2 | The mlyokotau-(oil) bought with coins in the whole year: ... |
| a3 | six pecks, one pint... |
| a4 | ... saw it ¤. |
| a5 | ...The lord ācārya knew about it. |
| a6 | ...mlyokotau-(oil) exchanged for mlyokotau-seeds... |
| a7 | ... one peck, seven pints. |
| a8 | ... finger-measure. |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | memiskau is a strange form. On would expect memisku. |
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| n2 | Ching wants to restore [pu](t)ai(yś)e(nts)e (ka)[p](c)i. The problem is the akṣara I have tentatively transliterated as 'caṃ' here. |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 2693; TITUS: THT 2693
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №2693; Ching 2010: 242-243
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.
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.
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