THT 423
| Known as: | THT 423; B 423; Bleistiftnummer 2380 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 423". 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-tht423 (accessed 13 Jul. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Murtuk |
| Expedition code: | T III M 135.6 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Add. linguistic characteristics: | late |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Historical treatise |
| Passage: | King Kanaṣka and two armies |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | History |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 422-427 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 7=8 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// a mā¯ ¯cä y· /// |
| a3 | /// re ka na ṣki lā nte r· /// |
| a4 | /// ·e wī yai ta rkā [nt]e • y[ā] /// |
| a5 | /// [ṣ]k· yu ga rā je – [k]· /// |
| a6 | /// [nt]e [t]e yä kne sa k· /// |
| a7 | /// |
| a8 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// |
| b3 | /// ··s· n[a] mā mau kā re /// |
| b4 | /// [ka] na ṣke wa lo e ·e /// |
| b5 | /// [mṣ]· • kā rsaṃ ci mpa mñe /// |
| b6 | /// i sta¯ ¯k re cci wi /// |
| b7 | /// re tke yä nmā – /// |
| b8 | /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// amāc y· /// |
| a3 | /// re kanaṣki lānte r· /// |
| a4 | /// ·ewīyai tärkānte • yā /// |
| a5 | /// ṣk· yugarāje – k· /// |
| a6 | /// nte te yäknesa k· /// |
| a7 | /// |
| a8 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// |
| b3 | /// ··s· na mā maukāre /// |
| b4 | /// kanaṣke walo e ·e /// |
| b5 | /// mṣ· • kārsaṃ cimpamñe /// |
| b6 | /// ista-k recci wi /// |
| b7 | /// retke yänmā – /// |
| b8 | /// |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 281-282
Translations
Schmidt 1974: a4 (414)
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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.
