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A 329

Known as:	A 329; THT 963
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 329". 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-a329 (accessed 10 Dec. 2023).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Šorčuq
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 64.06
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW)
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 312-331
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

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	/// ptā ññ·· t· ///
a2	/// śā sni skā rya¯ ¯p wkaṃ pe [nu] ///
a3	/// wka nyo ā ṣā ṇi¯ ¯k ā na¯ ¯ntä ///
a4	/// lskā lu ne kā ta¯ ¯k o te ta ///
a5	/// yo kta rro [k]i śo[¯] [¯l] tā pa¯ ¯rk : mā ///
b1	/// [tnu] mā ka ñā ·s· – [ma] – • ka lpi ///
b2	/// ntra : śo lka lpṣi naṃ ya ntra yo ·i ///
b3	/// ā māṃ śā mpā nyo : tsru caṃ wra [m]· ///
b4	/// nu yä slu rñe : tra ṅki¯ ¯ñcä ///
b5	/// [ka] rs·ā¯ ¯l śā ///

Transcription

a1	/// ptāññ(äk)t· ///
a2	/// śāsnis kāryap wkäṃ penu ///
a3	/// wkänyo āṣāṇik ānant ///
a4	/// lskālune kātäk ote tä(preṃ) ///
a5	/// yoktärr oki śol tāpärk : mā ///
b1	/// t nu māka-ñā(t)s(e) – mä – • kalpi ///
b2	/// nträ : śol kalpṣinäṃ yanträ yo·i ///
b3	/// āmāṃ śāmpānyo : tsru caṃ wram· ///
b4	/// nu yäslurñe : träṅkiñc ///
b5	/// kärs(n)āl śā ///

Translation

b2	... life (is governed) by the machinery of a world age

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 963; TITUS: THT 963

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921a: 179; Sieg and Siegling 1921a p. 179

Bibliography

Carling et al. 2009

Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Sieg and Siegling 1921a

Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1921a. Tocharische Sprachreste, I. Band. Die Texte. A. Transcription. Berlin/Leipzig: de Gruyter.

TITUS

Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”