THT 2704
| Known as: | THT 2704; Prelim. No. 406 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "THT 2704". 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-tht2704 (accessed 12 Jul. 2025). |
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
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 | /// kne ka pyā re¯ ¯s kle se ma sa /// |
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| a2 | /// – ri ke ci tta ra kṣi te lyā ka ¤ sa ṅka ste re śla [c]· /// |
| a3 | /// – pyā re¯ ¯s kle se ma sa pi śto¯ ¯m |
| a4 | /// ri ke ci tta ra kṣi te lyā ka ¤ sa ṅka ste ·e /// |
| a5 | /// ·e – ntse ne ka pyā re¯ ¯s kle se |
| a6 | /// [k]· ci tta ra kṣi te lyā ka ¤ sa ṅka ste – /// |
| a7 | /// pyā re¯ ¯s kle se śwā ra to¯ ¯m wā kte tau |
| a8 | /// – ri ke ci t[t]a ra kṣi te lyā ka ¤ sa ṅka ste re śla c· /// |
| a9 | /// – ·[ā] [r]·[¯] [¯s] ·e se śwā [ra] /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// (o)kne kapyāres klese masa /// |
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| a2 | /// (pañcwa)rike cittarakṣite lyāka ¤saṅkästere ślac(aṃndre) /// |
| a3 | /// (ka)pyāres klese masa piś tom /// |
| a4 | /// (pañcwa)rike cittarakṣite lyāka ¤saṅkäste(r)e /// |
| a5 | /// (m)e(ña)ntsene kapyāres klese /// |
| a6 | /// (pañcwari)k(e) cittarakṣite lyāka ¤saṅkäste(re) /// |
| a7 | /// /// (ka)pyāres klese śwāra tom wākte tau /// |
| a8 | /// (pañcwa)rike cittarakṣite lyāka ¤saṅkästere ślac(aṃndre) /// |
| a9 | /// (kapy)ār(e)s (kl)ese śwāra /// |
Translation
| a1 | On day eight, klese of/for the kapyāri was spent... |
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| a2 | ... The Pañcwarike Cittarakṣite saw it ¤. The Saṅkastere Ślacandre... |
| a3 | ... klese of/for the kapyāri was spent: five pecks... |
| a4 | ... The Pañcwarike Cittarakṣite saw it ¤. The Saṅkastere... |
| a5 | On day of the month... klese of/for the kapyāri... |
| a6 | The Pañcwarike Cittarakṣite saw it ¤. The Saṅkastere... |
| a7 | ... klese of/for the kapyāri: four pecks. wākte: a peck. |
| a8 | ... The Pañcwarike Cittarakṣite saw it ¤. The Saṅkastere Ślacandre... |
| a9 | ... klese of/for the kapyāri: four... |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 2704; TITUS: THT 2704
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №2704; Ching 2010: 279-280
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.
