THT 443 JOIN

Known as:	THT 443 JOIN; THT 443; B 443; Bleistiftnummer 2579; THT 444; B 444; Bleistiftnummer 2579
Cite this page as:	Martin Braun. "THT 443 JOIN". 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-tht443_join (accessed 16 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Martin Braun
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQ 143.3C
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
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// sa ṅka ste re śla caṃ [n]dre śa rsa ¤
a2	/// [r]e¯ ¯s kle se ma sa ta rya to¯ ¯m pi śṣa ṅkaṃ blank
a3	/// – ·e [l]· [k]· – – ·[ka] [s]t[e] r[e] ·l· – ·r· – – ¤
a4	/// ·[ā] (– –) kle se ma sa ta rya to¯ ¯m^• blank [ta] lai ka ntsaṃ¯ ¯s yi kṣye wa sto
a5	/// sa ṅ[ka] s·e [r]e ś· caṃ dre śa rsa ¤

a1	/// saṅkästere ślacaṃndre śarsa ¤
a2	/// (kapyā)res klese masa tarya tom piś ṣaṅkäṃ
a3	/// – ·e l(yā)k(a) ¤(saṅ)kästere (ś)l(acaṃd)r(e) (śarsa) ¤
a4	/// (kapy)ā(res) klese masa tarya tom tälaikantsaṃs yikṣye wasto
a5	/// saṅkäs(t)ere ś(la)caṃdre śarsa ¤

a1	... Ślacaṃndre the saṅkästere has recognized. ¤
a2	... to the workers klese-food has gone: three pecks (and) five pints.
a3	... has seen. (¤) Ślacaṃdre the saṅkästere (has recognized) ¤
a4	... to the workers klese-food has gone: three pecks, to the bearers (?): twice the flour.
a5	... Ślacaṃdre the saṅkästere has recognized. ¤

*	The two fragments are located in the same frame, almost in their original position.