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THT 3987

Known as:THT 3987
Cite this page as:"THT 3987". 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-tht3987 (accessed 16 Dec. 2025).

Provenience

Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:7

Images

Transliteration

a1/// ·ki ypo yntse kre¯ ¯nt ñe¯ ¯m ka l·au ///
a2/// ·ā ka ra se neṃ jñā na ks· ///
a3/// [a] śa ri ṣa¯ ¯ñ cma lye pe rne¯ ¯nt – ///
a4/// – ki nā ka¯ ¯t su we si – ///
a5/// – • a rkye na ṣa¯ ¯ñ kre tya m· ///
a6/// – o ro tstsa na yi rpo nta – ///
a7/// – || ///

Transcription

a1/// ·ki ypoyntse krent ñem käl·au ///
a2/// ·ā ka ra se neṃ jñāna ks· ///
a3/// aśari ṣañ cmalye pernent – ///
a4/// – ki kat su we si – ///
a5/// – • arkyena ṣañ kre tya ///
a6/// – orotstsana yirponta – ///
a7/// – ॥ ///

Commentary

Remarks

*MIK III 639; verso blank

References

Online access

IDP: THT 3987; TITUS: THT 3987

Edition

Tamai 2007a: №3987

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Tamai 2007a

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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.

TITUS

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.