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THT 465

Known as:	THT 465; B 465; Bleistiftnummer 2575
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "THT 465". 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-tht465 (accessed 18 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
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

Transliteration

a1	/// [n]ma śwā ra to¯ ¯m ko
a2	/// yi rma kkai la ri śka ntse ka [pc]i ///
a3	/// – rpṣu ki pu tte yā [n]e ·e [ka] pci
a4	/// ci nai śe lyā ka se ka pci [¤]

Transcription

a1	/// (caka)nma śwāra tom ko(ysaṃ)n1
a2	/// yirmakkai lariśkantse kapci ///
a3	/// (yi)rpṣuki putteyāne(nts)e kapci
a4	/// cinaiśe lyāka se kapci ¤

Translation

a1	... piculs, four pecks. koysaṃn2
a2	... The yirmakka Lariśka's finger-measure.
a3	... The yirpṣuki Putteyāne's finger-measure.
a4	... Cinaiśe saw it. This (is his) finger-measure.

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1

Restored after THT 466 a1.

n2

Supposing that this has something to do with the personal name koyṣiśke (IOL Toch 258 a1), we might assume that this is the plural of a putative *koyso (cf. kercapo - kercapiśke). Further, since this word appears after the units of measurement, it behaves similarly to kewye. Thus, we could assume that koysaṃ also denotes some sort of animal (which would also square well with the onomastics). However, since the context is so fragmentary, nothing can be said for certain.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 465; TITUS: THT 465

Edition

Sieg 1950: 216-217; Sieg and Siegling 1953: 298; Ching 2010: 285