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A 189

Known as:	A 189; THT 822
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 189". 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-a189 (accessed 11 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 93.09
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	– – ·y· kra || t[o] ///
a2	śkaṃ yne śñä kcyā¯ ¯ñä a ptsa ra ///
a3	: ṣñi wa mpe yä ntwä¯ ¯s̝ ///
a4	ka li ṅka spa¯ ¯rśä ṣo¯ ¯m ///
a5	ñä ñä kcyā ñño ki ye tu¯ ¯nt ///
a6	swā ryāṃ ci ñcä ryāṃ ///
lf	– 100 40 5
b1	s̝sa¯ ¯m ri ṣa¯ ¯k ·[ma] ·k· ///
b2	lnm[ā]ṃ ye twe syo o rto lyä[¯] [¯m] ///
b3	kā [n]· tsi pkā¯ ¯t || tma ///
b4	cä || yṣiṃ nu ku naṃ || a ///
b5	ne yā ma rma sprā ka¯ ¯r eṃ ts[ā] ///
b6	·i [r]i ya lñī wä r[ta] c·o ·ä ///

Transcription

lf	(4-/5-) 100-40-5

a1	– – ·y·krä ॥ to ///
a2	śkaṃ yneś ñäkcyāñ aptsarä ///
a3	: ṣñi wampeyäntwäṣ ///
a4	kaliṅkasparś ṣom ///
a5	ñ{†ä} ñäkcyāññ oki yetunt ///
a6	swāryāṃ ciñcäryāṃ ///
b1	ṣ säm riṣak ·mä ·k· ///
b2	lnmāṃ yetwesyo orto lyäm ///
b3	kān·tsi pkāt ॥ tmä ///
b4	c{†ä} ॥ yṣiṃnukunaṃ ॥ a ///
b5	neyā marmas prākär eṃtsā ///
b6	· iri yal ñī wärtac ·o ·ä ///

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 822; TITUS: THT 822

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 94-95; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 94, p. 95