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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 21 Jan. 2025).

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 ///
b1/// śolaṃ trä ///
b2n1 /// 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

n1sne 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.