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A 349

Known as:	A 349; THT 983
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation). "A 349". 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-a349 (accessed 19 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling; Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Shorchuk
Specific find spot:	Stadthöhle
Expedition code:	T III Š 67.09
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 348-349
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// ma¯ ¯s me tra kna¯ ¯cä : 7 ku spa tnu wa saṃ sa rka s̝ka tko ///
a2	/// sca ṣkra¯ ¯nt pñi wa¯ ¯s wi¯ ¯l lu n· ///
a3	/// ktā ka¯ ¯m : to sa¯ ¯s pñi ntu ///
a4	/// yaṃ sne tri ślu ne knā nmā nä ///
a5	/// tā śśi : lwā ā la m·· naṃ mai ttra ///
b1	/// klyo ssi e¯ ¯l ā yi – ¯s klyo ·i ///
b2	/// ¯nt ma rka mpa¯ ¯l kla ṅkñi ma[¯] [¯s] ///
b3	/// ṣpa laṃ twä ṣwä rce tā ki ma¯ ¯s ///
b4	/// y· kpā s̝a ntā¯ ¯ñä : kā kma rtaṃ ṣtmo ///
b5	/// ñpu¯ ¯k cmo laṃ twaṃ tā ki ma¯ ¯s 10 3 maṃ tne ā kā ś[aṃ] ///

Transcription

a1	/// mäs metraknac : 7 kus pat nu wasäṃ sarkäṣ kätko ///
a2	/// s caṣ krant pñi was wil lun· ///
a3	/// k tāka-m : tosäs pñintu ///
a4	/// yaṃ sne triślune knānmānä ///
a5	/// tāś-śi : lwā ālam(wca)naṃ maitträ ///
b1	/// klyossi el āyi(mä)s klyo(ss)i ///
b2	/// nt märkampal kläṅkñimäs ///
b3	/// (ni)ṣpaläṃtwäṣ wärce tākimäs ///
b4	/// y·k pāṣäntāñ : kākmärtaṃ ṣtmo ///
b5	/// ñ puk cmoläṃtwaṃ tākimäs 10-3 mäṃt ne ākāśaṃ ///

Translation

a1	... we... to Maitreya...
a1	Who of us, having crossed from the chain of existence...?
a1+	... the good virtue... we... sign...
a2+	... if we are, the virtues...
a3+	... knowledgeable without confusion...
a4+	... the animas... friendship towards each other...
a5+	... I would give gift... to listen... listen...
b1+	... we will doubt the good Law...
b2+	... we would be lacking possessions...
b3+	... protecting... standing... on the master (?)...
b4+	... may we be... in all births...
b5	As in the sky...
b2

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

Miscellaneous

Online access

IDP: THT 983; TITUS: THT 983

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 192; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 192

Translations

Schmidt 1974: a2 (45 n.6)