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A 178

Known as:A 178; THT 811
Cite this page as:Gerd Carling. "A 178". 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-a178 (accessed 10 May 2026).

Edition

Editor:Gerd Carling

Provenience

Main find spot:Shorchuk
Specific find spot:Stadthöhle
Expedition code:T III Š 92.23
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:6

Transliteration

a1/// tś· lpa tra • t[m]a ///
a2/// [¯ñcä] ṣo me na ndeṃ pa l·o ///
a3/// i kṣvā ku ysa rka śś· ///
a4/// [la] nta smāṃ tri tmāṃ śo lyā k· ///
a5/// wä ltu ne ci ñcro ne ṣi wā ka ///
a6/// ṣṣi ā rki śo ṣṣaṃ : maṃ ño ki ///
b1/// pr· ta rne : 1 || tma¯ ¯s̝ sne yä· mśr· ///
b2/// [¯nt] ype¯ ¯ñcä || tpa rwā kmtsaṃ pe nu ṣ·ā ///
b3/// mpe yntu yo ye tu¯ ¯nt wā ///
b4/// sm· ka re māṃ a kma lyo ///
b5/// ca ṣi [p]ā ca rmā ca· n· ///
b6/// t· ṅki¯ ¯ñcä mā w· ///

Transcription

a1/// t ś(a)lpaträ • tmä ///
a2/// ñc ṣome nandeṃ päl(k)o ///
a3/// ikṣvākuy sarkaśś(äl) ///
a4/// läntäsmāṃ tri tmāṃ śolyāk· ///
a5/// (kā)wältune ciñcroneṣi wākä ///
a6/// ṣṣi ārkiśoṣṣaṃ : maṃñ oki ///
b1/// pr· tärne : 1 ॥ tmäṣ sne yä(r)m śr· ///
b2/// nt ypeñc ॥ tpär wākmtsaṃ penu ṣ·ā ///
b3/// (wa)mpeyntuyo yetunt wā ///
b4/// sm· karemāṃ akmalyo ///
b5/// caṣi pācar māca(r) n· ///
b6/// t(rä)ṅkiñc mā w· ///

Commentary

Remarks

*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).

References

Online access

IDP: THT 811; TITUS: THT 811

Miscellaneous

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 90; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 90