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A 399.18

Known as:A 399.18; THT 1033.18; THT 1033b18; 581
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "A 399.18". 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-a39918 (accessed 05 May 2024).

Edition

Editor:Michaël Peyrot

Provenience

Main find spot:Sengim
Expedition code:T II S
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TA
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:prose; verse

Object

Manuscript:A 399-404
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):4.0 × 4.0 cm
Number of lines:2

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Transliteration

a1/// mpa [l]k·¯ (–) ///
a2/// tma ke śśi [k](·)ā [n]· ///
b1/// [m]· wä¯ ¯l traka ///
b2/// ssaṃ s·e ///

Transcription

a1 n1 /// m pälk· – ///
a2 n2 /// tmakeśśi k·ā n· ///
b1 /// m· wäl träṅkä(ṣ) ///
b2 /// (wra)ssaṃ s·e ///

Translation

a1 ... saw ...
a2 ...
b1 ... king ... says: ...
b2 ... among the beings ...

Commentary

Remarks

The fragment is upside down in the frame.

Philological commentary

n1 pälk· –: both a 3sg.prt. pälkāt and a 3pl.prt. pälkānt are possible.
n2 tmakeśśi: the word division is uncertain; see also tma ke A 399.15 a2.