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THT 462

Known as:	THT 462; B 462
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "THT 462". 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-tht462 (accessed 12 Jun. 2026).
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
Following fragment:	THT 461
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Scroll

Transliteration

a1	śta rcce pra «ti» w· ·n· ///
a2	tune¯ ¯k ka pyā re¯ ¯s^• śwa si ṣṣe śwā r· [c]· [k]· ·[m]· ///
a3	mi ka pri śka ntse k[a] ·c·
a4	e ṣe wa ltsā re ci na tyu ti ntse ka pci •
a5	o ta^•¯ ¯k tu ki kaṃ ntse pe ri sa rmwā tsai śi ṅke ntse ya^•¯ ¯p wsā wa cā kta rya tau¯ ¯m
a6	/// ·e [ya]^•¯ ¯[p] ca k· le ye rpsa blank ca ku le ntse ka pci
a7	/// – ///

(continues on THT 461)

Transcription

a1	śtarcce pratiw(aṅk)n(e)n1 ///
a2	t_unek kapyāres śwasiṣṣe śwār(a) c(a)k(an)m(a) ///
a3	mikapriśkantse ka(p)c(i)
a4	eṣe waltsāre cinatyutintse kapci
a5	otakn2 tukikäṃntse peri sarmwātsai śiṅkentse yap n2 wsāwa cāk tärya taum
a6	(t_un)e yap cak(u)le yerpsa cakulentse n3 kapci
a7	/// – ///

(continues on THT 461)

Translation

a1	(In the) fourth (month) on the day of the full moon...
a2	Therein, for the consumption of the kapyāri: four piculs...
a3	Mikapriśka's finger-measure.
a4	... ground together. Cinatyuti's finger-measure.
a5	Then, through the debt of Tukik..., I gave Śiṅle barley: a picul, three pecks.
a6	Therein, Cakule oversaw the barley. Cakule's finger-measure.

(continues on THT 461)

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	This akṣara is written smaller than the others. It was added in later.
n2	otak has the virāma-dot on the 'ta', just as yap has it on 'ya'.
n3	This name is composed of ca- (cf. casene and catewe in SI 5874 a7) and -kule.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 462; TITUS: THT 462

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 297; Ching 2010: 289-290; Thomas 1954: 761; Thomas 1957: 140-142