A 233

Known as:	A 233; THT 866
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Michaël Peyrot (transliteration). "A 233". 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-a233 (accessed 11 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Michaël Peyrot (transliteration)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 101.01
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	MAV-α
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	12.9 × 10.7 cm
Number of lines:	7
Interline spacing:	1.8 cm

Transliteration

a1	/// [t]se ma śki¯ ¯t la mṣā cca¯ ¯m – – ///
a2	/// ¯nt ype yi¯ ¯s ywā lu ne ywā¯ ¯r mo ///
a3	/// kyi na¯ ¯s̝^• ti rya ne : lā sta¯ ¯ṅk ā ·[i] ///
a4	/// pa lyślu ne yu ma¯ ¯nt : se ñmā rpā ṣ·ā ///
a5	/// [:] 20 4 ta rko ra pyā mñi ta po [v]· ///
a6	/// [y]ä – (– –) ·[ā] w[u] ka rso [r]t· ///
a7	/// śo lṣo lā – ///
b1	/// mā cu [ā] l[ya] ///
b2	/// ·[w]· – [ta] [l]· ·[t]· – tā na kka t[saṃ] ///
b3	/// [n]tā nā lwā ka śśa¯ ¯l kli si¯ ¯s̝ ///
b4	/// ka mā¯ ¯k ā la smāṃ pe mā ca msāṃ : a ///
b5	/// lna sa mñci : 30 tma ṣwe ma śki¯ ¯t a – ///
b6	/// ¯m ko spreṃ ne mā ka lpā mā¯ ¯r wä ///
b7	/// – su pa ltsa ṅkā tsi wä¯ – ///

a1	/// t se mäśkit lämṣāc cam – – ///
a2	/// nt ypeyis ywālune ywār mo ///
a3	/// kyi näṣ tiry ane : lāstaṅk ā·i ///
a4	/// pälyśluneyumänt : señmār pāṣ·ā ///
a5	/// : 20-4 tärkor{†ä} pyām-ñi tapov· ///
a6	/// yä – – – ·ā wu kärsor t· ///
a7	/// śol ṣolā – ///
b1	/// mā cu ālya ///
b2	/// ·w· – tä l· ·t· – tānakk atsaṃ /// ///
b3	/// ntānā lwākaśśäl klisiṣ ///
b4	/// ka māk āläsmāṃ pe mā cam sāṃ : a ///
b5	/// l nasam ñci : 30 tmäṣ we mäśkit a – ///
b6	/// m kospreṃne mā kälpāmār wä ///
b7	/// – su pältsäṅkātsi wä – ///

*	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.