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A 399.20

Known as:A 399.20; THT 1033.20; THT 1033b20; 581
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "A 399.20". 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-a39920 (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):5.4 × 3.4 cm
Number of lines:3

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Transliteration

a1/// [k]r· ·[n]· ///
a2/// 4 ra ke – ///
a3/// lyme mā [l]· ///
b1/// ś[o] laṃ tra ///
b2/// ta sne lo ///
b3/// ·o¯ ¯[m] [ke] ///

Transcription

a1 /// kr· ·n· ///
a2 /// 4 rake – ///
a3 /// (kä)lyme l· ///
b1 /// śolaṃ trä ///
b2 n1 /// t«†ä» sne lo ///
b3 /// ·om ke ///

Translation

a1 ...
a2 ... 4 Speech ...
a3 ... direction ... not ...
b1 ... in the life ...
b2 ... without return (?) ...
b3 ...

Commentary

Remarks

The fragment is upside down in the frame.

Philological commentary

n1 sne lo ///: sne lotklune and derivatives are attested A 18 b5, A 227-228 a7, A 361 10; an alternative restoration could be based on sne loplune A 217 b6.