THT 484
| Known as: | THT 484; B 484; Bleistiftnummer 2625 |
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| Cite this page as: | Adrian Musitz. "THT 484". 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-tht484 (accessed 08 Feb. 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 | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Scroll |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | i ka· ṣka sne i ndra pka n·· /// |
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| a2 | i kaṃ ñu ne pi¯ ¯ś ta llai k· nts· tlai yn(a) /// |
| a3 | ṣka sto¯ ¯m ÷ |
| a4 | me ñe śta rte te ṅke¯ ¯[ś] śe śu sa [y]i [k]·e /// |
| a5 | pi śme ña ntse ne mai teṃ ka lā /// |
| a6 | (–) [m]e ña ntse ne /// |
Transcription
| a1 | ikä(ṃ) ṣkasne indrapkan·· /// |
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| a2 | ikäṃ ñune piś tällaik(a)nts· tlaiyn(a)n1 /// |
| a3 | ṣkas tom ÷ yotkolo /// |
| a4 | meñe śtarte teṅkeś śeśusa yik(ṣy)e /// |
| a5 | piś meñantsene maiteṃ kalā° /// |
| a6 | – meñantsene – /// |
Translation
| a1 | On day twenty six, ... |
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| a2 | On day twenty nine, zhe bearer... women... |
| a3 | Six pecks ÷ The director... |
| a4 | Fourth month, the flour eaten for Teṅke... |
| a5 | On day of the month five, they go... |
| a6 | ... day of the month... |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | Maybe a scribal error for klaiyna (Ching 2010: 284. |
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References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 302; Ching 2010: 283-284; Carling 2000: 275
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktionen der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
Ching, Chao-jung. 2010. “Secular documents in Tocharian: Buddhist economy and society in the Kucha region.” PhD, Paris: École Pratique des Hautes Études.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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.
