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THT 2712

Known as:	THT 2712; Prelim. No. 5830
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "THT 2712". 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-tht2712 (accessed 13 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	/// [k]· – ·[ś]·
a2	/// [sa] ṅka ste ·e ś·a caṃ ndre śa rsa ¤ ///
a3	/// ·i ka lā śśiṃ ÷
a4	/// ylā ntse pa [k]· n[·] o pi ne ṣa l[y]w[e] ///
a5	/// pa la kwa nte ne wi ka lā śiṃ ÷
a6	/// ·ā – – – – – [wa] ÷
a7	/// – t·ai se ṣe ś·ā le ne o ·i ·[i]
b1	¤

Transcription

a1	/// k(alāś)ś(iṃ) ///
a2	/// saṅkäste(r)e ś(l)acaṃndre śarsa ¤///
a3	/// (w)i kalāśśiṃ ÷ ///
a4	/// (po)ylāntse pak(a)n(a) opine ṣalywe ///
a5	/// palakwantene wi kalāśiṃ ÷ ///
a6	/// ·ā – – – – – wa ÷ ///
a7	/// – t(s)aiseṣen1 ś(w)ālene o(p)i(ñ)i(ś) ///
b1	¤

Translation

a1	... spoonfuls...
a2	... The Saṅkastere Ślacandre knew about it ¤ ...
a3	... two spoonfuls ÷ ...
a4	... For the sake of Poylā, oil as opiye...
a5	... In palakwanten2 : two spoonfuls ÷ ...
a7	...as wrätsaise-food, as opiye...

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	Ching claims that this word can only be restored as *wrätsaiseṣe 'pertaining to the reception' (Ching 2010: 267. For wrättsaise, cf. Kucha 0190 (Ching 2010: 312).
n2	palakwante appears in the same context as *opiye, so it most likely is a kind of foodstuff,

References

Online access

IDP: THT 2712; TITUS: THT 2712

Edition

Tamai 2007a: №2712; Ching 2010: 266-267