THT 2724 and 2769
| Known as: | THT 2724 and 2769; THT 2724 = Prelim. No. 5786; THT 2769 = Prelim. No. 5914 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "THT 2724 and 2769". 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-tht2724 (accessed 23 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 | /// – [k]· ta rma s· ·e /// |
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| a2 | /// [śa] kṣe ne sā [ṅ]· /// |
| a3 | /// kt·ai yne sa [n]ai [ka] /// |
| a4 | /// [l]· kne sa nai ka [l]· ś /// |
| a5 | /// pa ñcwa ri ke pu ña ra kṣi te lyā ka ¤ |
| a6 | /// [s]n[e] sā ṅki¯ ¯ś ṣa lywe ma sa sa [nai] |
| a7 | /// sa nai ka lā¯ ¯ś ÷ śa k· /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// – (pañcwari)k(e) tarmas(en)e /// |
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| a2 | /// śak ṣene sāṅ(kiś) /// |
| a3 | /// (śa)k t(r)aiyne sanai ka(lāś) /// |
| a4 | /// (pä)l(e)kne sanai kal(ā)ś /// |
| a5 | /// pañcwarike puñarakṣite lyāka ¤/// |
| a6 | /// (śak) (ṣka)sne sāṅkiś ṣalywe masa sanai /// |
| a7 | /// sanai kalāś ÷ śak · /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... The Pañcwarike Tarmasene... |
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| a2 | ... On day eleven, ... for the saṅgha... |
| a3 | ... On day thirteen: one spoonful... |
| a4 | ... On the day of the full moon: one spoonful... |
| a5 | ... The Pañcwarike Puñarakṣite saw it ¤ ... |
| a6 | ... on day sixteen, oil for the saṅgha was spent: one ... |
| a7 | ... one spoonful ÷ ten ... |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 2724, THT 2769; TITUS: THT 2724, THT 2769
Edition
Tamai 2007a; Ching 2010: 252
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.
