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A 163

Known as:	A 163; THT 796
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 163". 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-a163 (accessed 16 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 91.29
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 144-211
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// ·tu ///
a2	/// ·ā kki ṣi ñi lāṃ śka ·mu ///
a3	/// || vi śva ra te ā mā śtra ṅ ///
a4	/// ·pā lmeṃ yo kaṃ wa raṃ tspo ///
a5	/// [l](·)[o] ra¯ ¯s̝ s·e p·a¯ ¯k a ///
b1	/// tku n· su· da r[i] na ///
b2	/// lā ntaṃ || e ṅka lṣiṃ pa ///
b3	/// rpa lkā rca ṣmā yä tka l· ///
b4	/// sa puka ṣnu ce sma¯ ¯s̝ ///
b5	/// [p]ā – t·· ///

Transcription

a1	/// ·tu ///
a2	/// (ś)ākkiṣiñi lāṃś ka(k)mu ///
a3	/// ॥ viśvarate āmāś träṅ(käṣ) ///
a4	/// (ś)pālmeṃ yokaṃ waraṃ tspo ///
a5	/// l·oräṣ s·e p ·äk a ///
b1	/// tkun· su(n)darinä ///
b2	/// lāntaṃ ॥ eṅkälṣiṃ pä ///
b3	/// r pälkār caṣ mā yätkal· ///
b4	/// s{†ä} pukäṣ nu cesmäṣ ///
b5	/// pā – t·· ///

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 796; TITUS: THT 796

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 85; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 85