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A 123.a

Known as:	A 123.a; THT 756a; Bleistiftnummer 2917
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "A 123.a". 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-a123a (accessed 08 Nov. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Expedition code:	T III Š 99.6 (on the frame)
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 89-143
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	12.1 × 8.9 cm
Number of lines:	6

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Transliteration

a1	/// sso ntaṃ wä· ·i t[ā¯] [¯]r ///
a2	/// [t]·· ka kl· (– –) s̝a pā ṇḍu ///
a3	/// – (–) ·ā [s]· – – św[ā] ·[i] ///
a4	/// ·i lāṃ¯ ¯ts [w]· – ///
a5	/// – [¯s̝] tma – – ///
a6	/// [k]· [k]o ṣe¯ ¯[s̝] ///
b1	/// [k]· tka¯ ¯r [l]·
b2	/// ·su pā ṇḍu wä¯ – ///
b3	/// pre raṃ śa ś·ā¯ – ///
b4	/// [¯]k mā [ra] – mā [p]e – ///
b5	/// [k]··ṃ [t]so s[ā¯] [¯]s nā ñi na ts·[a] ///
b6	/// ·ma śä mñu¯ ¯k l[a] ///

Transcription

a1	/// ssontaṃ wä(rp)itār ///
a2	/// t(äm) kakl(yuṣurä)ṣ{†ä} pāṇḍu (wäl) ///
a3	/// – – ·ā s· – – śwā(ts)i ///
a4	/// (māndr)i lāṃts w· – ///
a5	/// – ṣ tmä – – ///
a6	/// k(ā)ko ṣeṣ ///
b1	/// k(a)tkar l·
b2	/// ·su pāṇḍu wä(l) ///
b3	n1 /// (e)preraṃ śaś(m)ā – ///
b4	/// k mā rä – mā pe – ///
b5	/// k(rä)ṃtso sās nāñi näts(w)a ///
b6	/// ·m{†ä} śäm ñuk la ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	In one frame with A 123. This fragment was not edited in Sieg and Siegling 1921, but pāṇḍu wäl is cited in fn. 4, p. 68. According to Sieg and Siegling 1921: 68, the fragment is from the same leaf as A 123.

Philological commentary

n1	(e)preraṃ śaś(m)ā –: cf A 214 a2 epreraṃ śäm.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 756a

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Sieg and Siegling 1921

Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.