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A 408

Known as:A 408; THT 1042
Cite this page as:Gerd Carling. "A 408". 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-a408 (accessed 06 Jun. 2026).

Edition

Editor:Gerd Carling

Provenience

Main find spot:Sengim
Expedition code:T II S 19.19
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TA
Script:late

Text contents

Text genre:Literary

Object

Manuscript:A 406-408
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:5

Transliteration

a1/// lpo ntā¯ ¯p • wu ///
a2/// ysā le ta ṣsā mm· ///
a3/// tṣ· tñi śo lṣo lā rmā ///
a4/// ñä kta śśi pa ttā ññä ///
a5/// po tke s·o ///
b1/// ku sne ///
b2/// r· twä s̝s̝aṃ • ta ṣne ///
b3/// twä s̝s̝aṃ • wla lu ne yi ///
b4/// ma¯ ¯cä ta ṅka¯ ¯s̝ • ///
b5/// [t]ka s̝s̝aṃ • śo lā ///

Transcription

a1/// lpontāp • wu ///
a2/// ysā letaṣ sām m· ///
a3/// tṣ· tñi śol ṣolār mā ///
a4/// ñäktaśśi pättāññä ///
a5/// potkes ·o ///
b1/// kus ne ///
b2/// r(i)twäṣṣäṃ • täṣne ///
b3/// twäṣṣäṃ • wlaluneyi ///
b4/// mac täṅkäṣ • ///
b5/// tkäṣṣäṃ • śolā ///

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 1042; TITUS: THT 1042

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 227; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 227

Translations

Carling 2000: a3 (333)