A 311.a
| Known as: | A 311.a; THT 945a |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot; Angelo Mascheroni (translation). "A 311.a". 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-a311a (accessed 08 Oct. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot; Angelo Mascheroni (translation) |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TA |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | A 311 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 5.0 × 4.2 cm |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// – ·y· – – /// |
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| a2 | /// ka¯ ¯r [ta] – /// |
| a3 | /// tu mā pyu tk[ā] /// |
| a4 | /// o k· i ·i /// |
| b1 | /// – – [t]· ·lu /// |
| b2 | /// ä n[t]ā [n]e [s]· /// |
| b3 | /// ·pr· s̝ta ·e – /// |
| b4 | /// – || – – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// – ·y· – – /// |
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| a2 | /// kar tä – /// |
| a3 | n1 /// tu mā pyutkā /// |
| a4 | /// ok· i ·i /// |
| b1 | n2 /// – – t· ·lu /// |
| b2 | /// äntāne s· /// |
| b3 | /// ·pr· ṣtä ·e – /// |
| b4 | /// – ॥ – – /// |
Translation
| a1 | ... |
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| a2 | ...n3 |
| a3 | ... will not create ... |
| a4 | ... |
| b1 | ... coming (?) ... |
| b2 | ... when ... |
| b3 | ... time (?) ... |
| b4 | ... |
Commentary
Remarks
| This small manuscript is not the same as "No. 311 A" in Sieg and Siegling 1921: 167. In one frame with THT 945 (= A 311). Lower margin of the recto (upper of the verso) preserved. |
Philological commentary
| n1 | Based on the manuscript, a reading ntuinstead of tuseems possible. |
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| n2 | Based on the traces on the manuscript, one may tentatively restore (śäm)lu(ne). |
| n3 | Maybe something like (kal)kar tä, as in A 310 a3? |
References
Online access
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
