THT 4059
| Known as: | THT 4059; Kha 6 |
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| Cite this page as: | CEToM. "THT 4059". 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-tht4059 (accessed 13 Sep. 2024). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | CEToM |
| Date of online publication: | 2015-08-26 |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQ 155 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB; Gand. |
| Linguistic stage: | late |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Non-literary |
| Text subgenre: | Account |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on wood tablet |
| Form: | Woodslip |
| Number of lines: | 4 |
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 | yu rpā ṣka ṣṣi wsā¯ ¯r ○ ylā pa¯ ¯r na [nna] [ñ]ñ· m· |
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| a2 | śa¯ ¯k kṣu na ṣṣe ○ – – – rai ne ai lye |
| a3 | se sa ma ṣṣe wai ○ – – – sa – ·ā [ts]i |
| a4 | ywā r[ts]a ya ltse ○ |
| b1 | saṃ 10 mā se 4 1 di va se 4 1 2 yo rpa ṣǵ ai [ṣ]ṣi di daṃ ti la pa ra miṃ |
| b2 | na naṃ k[ai] ñe me da śa kṣo ni ya ho na mi dā dū da ne na kri ni ya a rdha mā ṣa |
| b3 | 1000 o rśa ṣa nmi re go ko [bh]e na re go di na sme pra ti chi da ti |
Transcription
| a1 | yurpāṣkaṣṣi wsār y-lāpar nannaññ(e)m(eṃ) |
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| a2 | śak kṣunaṣṣe – – – raine ailye |
| a3 | sesamaṣṣe wai – – – sa – ·ātsi |
| a4 | ywārtsa yaltse |
| b1 | saṃ 10 māse 4 1 divase 4 1 2 yorpaṣǵaiṣṣi didaṃti laparamiṃ |
| b2 | nanaṃkaiñeme daśa kṣoniya honami dādūdanena kriniya ardha māṣa |
| b3 | 1000 orśa ṣanmire go kobhenare go dinasme pratichidati |
Translation
| a1 | The people of Yurpāṣka have given, from Na[nnañ]ñ(e) (of) Ylāpar, |
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| a2 | (sth.) of the 10th year ... to be given in ... |
| a3 | Sesamaṣṣe (?) and ... |
| a4 | by half: 1000. |
| b1 | In the 10th year, in the 5th month, on the 7th day. The Yurpaṣgaṣṣi (people) have given the coins |
| b2 | by half (from) *Nanaṃkañeme in Lapar, the 10th-year honami, by giving daṃda (as) the price: |
| b3 | 1000. Ośaṃ Ṣanmire (and?) Ku[bh]enare (and?) Dinasme have received (them). |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| The transcription and translation follows Ching 2013a: 63–64. |
Remarks
| Verso side in Prākrit written in Kharoṣṭhī script (= Kha 6). |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | C |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 4059; TITUS: THT 4059
Discussion
Adams 2012: 15-16; Ching 2014a
Edition
Schmidt 2001d; Tamai 2007a: №4059; Ching 2010: 298-299; Ching 2013a: 61-66
Bibliography
Adams, Douglas Q. 2012. “Another look at three Kuci-Prākrit–Tocharian B bilinguals.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 13: 7–55.
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
Ching, Chao-jung. 2013a. “Reanalyzing the Kuchean-Prākrit tablets THT4059, THT4062 and SI P/141.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 14: 55–94.
Ching, Chao-jung. 2014a. “克孜尔出土德藏佉卢文龟兹王诏谕与契约文书研究 – On the decree of Kuchean king and two pieces of contracts written in Kharoṣṭhī among the findings from the Kizil grottoes and kept in Berlin.” 西域文史 – Literature & History of the Western Regions 9: 51–73 + 2 plates.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 2001d. “Entzifferung verschollener Schriften und Sprachen. Dargestellt am Beispiel der Kučā-Kharoṣṭhī Typ B und des Kučā-Prākrits.” Göttinger Beiträge zur Asienforschung 1: 7–27 + 0x.
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.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
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.
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