THT 443 JOIN
| Known as: | THT 443 JOIN; THT 443; B 443; Bleistiftnummer 2579; THT 444; B 444; Bleistiftnummer 2579 |
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| 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 21 Apr. 2025). |
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 |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// sa ṅka ste re śla caṃ [n]dre śa rsa ¤ |
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| a2 | /// [r]e¯ ¯s kle se ma sa ta rya to¯ ¯m pi śṣa ṅkaṃ |
| a3 | /// – ·e [l]· [k]· – – ·[ka] [s]t[e] r[e] ·l· – ·r· – – ¤ |
| a4 | /// ·[ā] (– –) kle se ma sa ta rya to¯ ¯m• |
| a5 | /// sa ṅ[ka] s·e [r]e ś· caṃ dre śa rsa ¤ |
Transcription
| a1 | /// saṅkästere ślacaṃndre śarsa ¤ |
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| 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 ¤ |
Translation
| a1 | ... Ślacaṃndre the saṅkästere has recognized. ¤ |
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| 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. ¤ |
Commentary
Remarks
| The two fragments are located in the same frame, almost in their original position. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | C |
| Tamai 2011 | L1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 443, THT 444; TITUS: THT 443, THT 444
Edition
Bibliography
“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.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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.
