THT 2723
| Known as: | THT 2723; Prelim. No. 5839 |
|---|---|
| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "THT 2723". 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-tht2723 (accessed 13 Jan. 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 |
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 | /// [¯]ṅk cai yti ke ntse sā ·[k]· – /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// – ·e – [k]i¯ ¯ś ṣa lywe ṣa¯ ¯ṅk /// |
| a3 | /// |
| a4 | /// ta rya ka lā śśiṃ śa kṣu kne ta rya ka lā /// |
| a5 | /// – – [lā] ··iṃ śa kñu ne ta rya ka lā śśiṃ /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// (ṣa)ṅkn1 caiytikentse sā(ṅ)k(iś) /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// – ·e (co)kiś ṣalywe ṣaṅk /// |
| a3 | /// |
| a4 | /// tarya kalāśśiṃ śak ṣukne tarya kalā(śśiṃ) /// |
| a5 | /// – – (ka)lā(śś)iṃ śak ñune tarya kalāśśiṃ /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... a pint. For Caiytike... for the saṅgha... |
|---|---|
| a2 | ... oil for the lamp: a pint... |
| a4 | ... three spoonfuls. On day seventeen: three spoonfuls... |
| a5 | ... spoonfuls. On day nineteen: three spoonfuls... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | This akṣara is slightly below the others, so it's not entirely clear whether it really belongs to this line. |
|---|
References
Online access
IDP: THT 2723; TITUS: THT 2723
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №2723; Ching 2010: 267-268
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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.
