A 158

Known as:	A 158; THT 791
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 158". 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-a158 (accessed 06 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 68.23
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Meter:	4335 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	A 144-211
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// [ñä] kte ññā¯ ¯yä śā lyīṃ pe yā ///
a2	/// lkā [tsā] ña maṃ ne ṣī tsrā ktsā śi ntra ///
a3	/// ṣlyu tā rci ñcra kma¯ ¯l a ṣu¯ ¯k ///
a4	/// rc[w]a ṅke : 1 tsru yä¯ ¯rm śla tu¯ ¯ṅk me ///
a5	/// ·i : su nda ri snu ka pśa ///
a6	/// ·o ss[a]¯ ¯cä śmi¯ ¯s̝ ///
b1	/// nda ri na¯ ¯s̝ ///
b2	/// ·u n· [c]i ñcro ne yo ṣo kyo ///
b3	/// ś[i] kna nda vi lā paṃ \|\| su nda ·i ///
b4	/// m· mā na ṣñi [:] maṃ tne wra so¯ ¯m [k]oṃ ///
b5	/// su nda ri ṣiṃ swā ñce nyo ta m[n]e ///
b6	/// tu ṅkṣiṃ po ryā ri¯ ¯ñcä : ptse tā ///

a1	/// ñäkteññāy śālyīṃ peyā ///
a2	/// lkātsāñ{†ä} mäṃ= ne ṣītsrāk tsāśinträ ///
a3	/// ṣ lyutār ciñcr akmal aṣuk ///
a4	/// r cwaṅke : 1 tsru yärm śla tuṅk me ///
a5	/// ·i : sundaris nu kapśa ///
a6	/// ·ossac śmiṣ ///
b1	/// (su)ndarinäṣ ///
b2	/// ·un· ciñcroneyo ṣokyo ///
b3	/// śik nandavilāpaṃ ॥

1a	sunda(r)i /// 12σ
1b	b411σ /// m· 1σ mā naṣ-ñi :
1c	mäṃt ne wrasom ; koṃ /// 10σ
1d	b515σ ///
2a	sundariṣiṃ ; swāñcenyo ; tämne /// 6σ
2x	b610σ /// ; tuṅkṣiṃ pory= āriñc :
2x	ptse tā /// 13σ

a2	... wie wenn Blitze auf einmal aufleuchteten ... (Schmidt 1974: 119)

*	Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009.
*	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).