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THT 2748 et al.

Known as:	THT 2748 et al.; THT 2748; Prelim. No. 5873; THT 2787; Prelim. No. 5912; THT 2817; Prelim. No. 5825; THT 2923; Prelim. No. 5917
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "THT 2748 et al.". 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-tht2748 (accessed 11 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	illegible
a2	/// – tt· wyai kṣu tta¯ ¯r ya¯ ¯p
a3	/// – ña tse ne pu tta tā se ya¯ ¯p ri n· ///
a4	/// – re [y]o [t]ko lo lyā ka ¤ [p]u ·t· – – ///
a5	/// yi rpṣu ki pu tt· y· ne ··[s]e ///

Transcription

a1	illegible
a2	/// – tt· wyai kṣuttär yap
a3	/// (me)ñatsene puttatāse yap rin(e)
a4	/// – re yotkolo lyāka ¤pu ·t· – – ///
a5	/// yirpṣuki putt(e)y(ā)ne(nt)se ///

Translation

a2	... expended small barleyn1 ...
a3	... On day of the month... Puttatāse (conveyed ?) barley into the city...
a4	... The director saw it ¤...
a5	... The yirpṣuki Putteyāne's (finger-measure)...

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	kṣuttär is likely equivalent to Sanskrit kṣudra.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 2748, THT 2787, THT 2817, THT 2923; TITUS: THT 2748, THT 2787, THT 2817, THT 2923

Edition

Tamai 2007a: №2748; Ching 2010: 286-287