THT 2842
| Known as: | THT 2842; Prelim. No. 5797 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "THT 2842". 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-tht2842 (accessed 09 Dec. 2025). |
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
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·[ka] st[e] re ā rya wi re śa rsa [¤] /// |
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| a2 | /// [k]·¯ ¯ś [ṣ]· ·yw· ṣa¯ ¯ṅk i kaṃ ṣu kne ṣa¯ ¯ṅk ÷ /// |
| a3 | /// [ta] tā se ntse wa rwa ntsai sa co ki¯ ¯ś ṣa lywe ṣa¯ ¯ṅk /// |
| a4 | /// ñweṃ ne ṣa¯ ¯ṅk ÷ /// |
| a5 | /// ·e – – – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// (saṅ)kästere āryawire śarsa ¤/// |
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| a2 | /// (saṅ)k(i)ś ṣ(al)yw(e) ṣaṅk ikäṃ ṣukne ṣaṅk ÷ /// |
| a3 | /// (pu)tatāsentse warwantsaisa cokiś ṣalywe ṣaṅk /// |
| a4 | /// ñweṃne ṣaṅk ÷ /// |
| a5 | /// ·e – – – /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... The Saṅkastere Aryawire knew about it ¤... |
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| a2 | ... Oil for the saṅgha: a pint. On day twenty seven: a pint ¤... |
| a3 | ... lamp oil for the warwantsa of Putatāse: a pint... |
| a4 | ... On the last day of the month: a pint ÷... |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 2842; TITUS: THT 2842
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №2842; Ching 2010: 262
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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.
