THT 2837
| Known as: | THT 2837; Prelim. No. 5795 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "THT 2837". 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-tht2837 (accessed 06 Mar. 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 | /// [ṅka] ste re ā rya wa rme śa rsa ¤ /// |
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| a2 | /// sa nai ka lā¯ ¯ś śśa kṣu kne sa nai ka lā /// |
| a3 | /// ·yw· ṣa¯ ¯ṅk |
| a4 | /// ·w· (–) sa nai ka lā¯ ¯ś śa kñu ne sa nai ka lā¯ ¯ś /// |
| a5 | /// [ś] ÷ |
| a6 | /// sa ṅka ste re ā rya wa rme śa rsa ¤ /// |
| a7 | /// nai [ka] lā[¯] [¯ś] – – ·i – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// (sa)ṅkästere āryawarme śarsa ¤/// |
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| a2 | /// sanai kalāś {†ś}śakn1 ṣukne sanai kalā(ś) /// |
| a3 | /// (ṣal)yw(e) ṣaṅk /// |
| a4 | /// (ṣaly)w(e) sanai kalāś śak ñune sanai kalāś /// |
| a5 | /// (kalā)ś ÷ |
| a6 | /// saṅkästere āryawarme śarsa ¤/// |
| a7 | /// (sa)nai kalāś – – ·i – /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... The Saṅkastere Aryawarme knew about it ¤... |
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| a2 | ... one spoonful. On day seventeen, one spoonful... |
| a3 | ... oil: a pint... |
| a4 | ... oil: one spoonful. On day nineteen: one spoonful... |
| a5 | ... a spoonful ÷ |
| a6 | ... The Saṅkastere Aryawarme knew about it ¤... |
| a7 | ... one spoonful... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | 'śśak' was so written by the scribe in order to rectify his error of writing 'ṣ·' (for ṣukne, the following word) too early. |
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References
Online access
IDP: THT 2837; TITUS: THT 2837
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №2837; Ching 2010: 264-265
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.
