THT 460
| Known as: | THT 460; B 460; Bleistiftnummer 2578 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "THT 460". 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-tht460 (accessed 11 Dec. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Adrian Musitz |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| 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 |
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 | /// – [kk]· – ·[k]· ·ts· k· pc· |
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| a2 | /// [yi] rpṣu ki pu tte yā ne ntse ka pci |
| a3 | /// [c]ai ti ke lyā ka se ka pci ¤ |
| a4 | /// wa pi śca ka nma e lya ·e |
| a5 | /// yi rma kkai wi lā si ñi ntse [k]a /// |
| a6 | /// yi rpṣu ki pu tte yā ·e /// |
| a7 | /// yā śe lyā ka ·e /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// (yirma)kk(ai) – ·k· (n)ts(e) k(a)pc(i) |
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| a2 | /// yirpṣuki putteyānentse kapci |
| a3 | /// caitiken1 lyāka se kapci ¤ |
| a4 | /// wa piś cakanma elya ·e |
| a5 | /// yirmakkai wilāsiñintse ka(pci) /// |
| a6 | /// yirpṣuki putteyā(n)e(ntse) /// |
| a7 | /// yāśe lyāka (s)e /// |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| Interestingly, Yāśe is the name of a king. This is probably just a coincidence, since the king of Kucha would surely not bother fulfilling the trivial tasks of a kapyāre. | |
| n1 | This akṣara (cai) is turned 90°. I analyze it as a ṣotri. |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg 1950; Sieg and Siegling 1953: 296; Thomas 1957: 141
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil. 1950. “Geschäftliche Aufzeichnungen in Tocharisch B aus der Berliner Sammlung.” Miscellanea Academica Berlinensia II, 2: 208–223 + I.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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.
