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A 137

Known as:	A 137; THT 770
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 137". 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-a137 (accessed 12 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 97.05
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	/// ś(·)aṃ c· ·lu ne ṣiṃ ·l· [p]a o py·¯ ¯cä ///
a2	/// [ñ]lu [ne] [yi] sa ṣru¯ ¯m ṣñi ke ///
a3	/// pa ltsa¯ ¯k eṃ¯ ¯ts ya slyi [y]· ///
a4	/// ptā ñka tkā tka lṣe¯ ¯s̝ ///
a5	/// nte na sa lyā¯ ¯p wra s[o] ///
a6	/// [kka] ·[k]·[ṃ] puki¯ ¯s yä s·i ///
b1	/// ¯nt wra mi¯ ¯s sa ·s· ///
b2	/// sa tkse ñcäṃ : sne ā kpe nu k· ///
b3	/// ri twä ṣlye ku pre ne ce¯ ¯m ///
b4	/// ṣi e mpe le lya lypu tmā ///
b5	/// mā wṣe ññe mpe le ///
b6	/// s̝a lyu tā¯ ¯r sa rk· s[u] ///

Transcription

a1	/// ś·aṃ c(mo)luneṣiṃ (k)l(o)p{†ä} opy(ā)c ///
a2	/// ñluneyis{†ä} ṣrum ṣñi ke ///
a3	/// pältsäk eṃts yaslyi y· ///
a4	/// ptāñkät kātkal ṣeṣ ///
a5	/// nte nasälyāp wraso ///
a6	/// k kä ·k·ṃ pukis yäs· i ///
b1	/// nt wramis sä ·s· ///
b2	/// sätkseñc-äṃ : sne āk penu k· ///
b3	/// ritwäṣlye kupre ne cem ///
b4	/// ṣi empele lyalypu tmā ///
b5	/// mā wṣeññ= empele ///
b6	/// ṣ{†ä} lyutār sark· su ///

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

Online access

IDP: THT 770; TITUS: THT 770

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 73; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 73