THT 568
| Known as: | THT 568; B 568; Bleistiftnummer 2505 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 568". 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-tht568 (accessed 09 Nov. 2025). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQ 17.15 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Add. linguistic characteristics: | late |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 567-570 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 2-3=4 |
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
| lf | 30 9 |
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| a1 | /// |
| a2 | /// – – – /// |
| a3 | ka ryo rtta¯ ¯ñcä k· /// |
| a4 | nt[s]e la lau ka [rn]e /// |
| b1 | lā nt[i] re ki ta /// |
| b2 | sa swe o ro [ts]e /// |
| b3 | r[c]i yeṃ ·e [y]o /// |
| b4 | /// |
Transcription
| lf | 30-9 |
| a1 | /// |
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| a2 | /// – – – /// |
| a3 | käryorttañc k· /// (yṣi)¬ |
| a4 | ¬ntse lalaukarne /// |
| b1 | lānti reki ta /// |
| b2 | saswe orotse /// |
| b3 | rciyeṃ ·e yo /// |
| b4 | /// |
Translation
| a4 | ... at dawn ... |
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Commentary
Remarks
| In one frame with THT 567. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | CL |
| Tamai 2011 | C1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 356-357
Translations
Adams 2012a: a4 (25-26)
Bibliography
Adams, Douglas Q. 2012a. “Shedding light on *leuk- in Tocharian and Hittite and the wider implications of reconstructing its Indo-European morphology.” Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 13: 21–55.
“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.
