THT 4062
| Known as: | THT 4062; Kha 5 |
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| Cite this page as: | CEToM. "THT 4062". 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-tht4062 (accessed 19 Apr. 2025). |
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: | 3 |
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 | kau mai ṣṣi wsa¯ ¯r ytā kkaiṃ ma ○ ll[a] ntsa smeṃ ñu kṣu na [ṣṣe] |
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| a2 | sta ne ke sa yä ○ ltse o kaṃ nte ṣu kta |
| a3 | m[k]a ○ |
| b1 | [saṃ] [10] mā se 3 di va se 10-1 • ka ha vi hā ri [y]ā ni di daṃ ti i ·ā |
| b2 | kkai ma lla tsa smeṃ • na va kṣū ni ya a da [st]e na mā ṣa [1000] 4 4 100 20 20 20 10 • – [stā] |
| b3 | taṃ so 20 pra ti chi da |
Transcription
| a1 | kaumaiṣṣi wsar ytākkaiṃ mallantsasmeṃ ñu kṣunaṣṣe |
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| a2 | stane kesa yältse o= käṃnte ṣukta¬ |
| a3 | mka |
| b1 | saṃ 10 māse 3 divase 10-1 • kaha vihāriyāni didaṃti i(t)ā¬ |
| b2 | kkai mallatsasmeṃ • nava kṣūniya ada stena māṣa 1000 4 4 100 20 20 20 10 • – stā |
| b3 | taṃ so 20 pratichida |
Translation
| a1 | The people of Kaumiye (Monastery?) have given, from ... of Ytākka mall[a]ntsas(?), |
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| a2 | the stane of the 9th year. In sum(?): one thousand eight hundred (and) seven- |
| a3 | ty. |
| b1 | [In the 10th year], in the 3rd month, on the 11th day. • The people of Kaha Monastery have given, |
| b2 | itākkai mallatsasmeṃ. • The coins (for?) ada stena of the 9th year: 1870. • ... 20 |
| b3 | (sb.) has received. |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| The transcription and translation follows Ching 2013a, 70-71; differently Adams 2012: 13-14. |
Remarks
| Verso side in Prākrit written in Kharoṣṭhī script (= Kha 5). |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 4062; TITUS: THT 4062
Edition
Schmidt 2001d; Tamai 2007a: №4062; Ching 2010: 299-300; Adams 2012: 13-15; Ching 2013a: 67; Ching 2014a: 64-73
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.
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.
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.
