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A 126

Known as:	A 126; THT 759
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 126". 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-a126 (accessed 18 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 94.15
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 89-143
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	[p]ñu ne yā nuṃ nuṃ na [ts]· ///
a2	ślo ne kā pñu ne sa¯ ¯m mā ku ///
a3	wā¯ ¯k mtsu ne ta naṃ kule yi¯ – ///
a4	rñe ṣo mpā ki¯ ¯s ke ka cmā ///
a5	pu klā snā ky[e] ka lpo kā pñu ne : 1 || ///
a6	na nde na¯ ¯cä tsa rkya¯ ¯s̝ || ya yā ///
b1	kuya [l]m· ñu¯ ¯k – ·s· c· ///
b2	ne mā li [p]ñä tñi kucä ṣnā ñ[i] śo¯ ¯l : ///
b3	rna sū ttra [ṣ]ñi kñu ka¯ ¯s̝ • ///
b4	ka¯ ¯m ṣñi nu kuya lmā ka ntsā ///
b5	··ā[¯] [¯m] k[a] lkā lyāṃ ka lyme ///
b6	– [rsa]¯ ¯s̝ || [ta¯] [¯m] pa l·o – ¯s̝ ///

Transcription

a1	pñuneyā nuṃ nuṃ nats· ///
a2	ślone kāpñune säm mā ku ///
a3	wākmtsune tanaṃ kuleyi – ///
a4	rñe ṣom pākis kekac mā ///
a5	puklā snākye kälpo kāpñune : 1 ॥ ///
a6	nandenac tsärk yaṣ ॥ yayā ///
b1	kuyal m(ā) ñuk – ·s· c· ///
b2	ne mā lipñät-ñi kucäṣ nāñi śol : ///
b3	rnasūtträ ṣñi kñukäṣ • ///
b4	käm ṣñi nu kuyal mā käntsā ///
b5	··ām kälkālyāṃ kälyme ///
b6	– rsäṣ ॥ täm päl(k)o(rä)ṣ ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	Transcription and references have been transferred from the "Text and Reference Database of the Tocharian A Language" (Gerd Carling Lund University) (funded by the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation and SCAS).
*	Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009.

References

Miscellaneous

Online access

IDP: THT 759; TITUS: THT 759

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 69-70; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 69, p. 70

Translations

Carling 2000: a5 (404); Hackstein 1995: b4 (100); Thomas 1952: b5 (34)