A 408.m

Known as:	A 408.m; THT 1042m; Bleistiftnummer 3111
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "A 408.m". 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-a408m (accessed 12 Oct. 2024).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Provenience
Main find spot:	Sengim
Expedition code:	T II S 19.21
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Manuscript:	A 406-408
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	4.5 × 4.0 cm
Number of lines:	5

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Transliteration

a1	/// – kra – ///
a2	/// ○ knu y[ä](·) k· ///
a3	/// ○ ñña mā rl[y]ā – ///
a4	/// ○ – (–) [taṃ] ///
b2	/// ·u – – ///
b3	/// ○ rśva śa wa ·[m]· ///
b4	/// ○ lci : t·i ·e ///
b5	/// re¯ ¯ts^• ///

Transcription

a1	/// – krä – ///
a2	n1 /// (ka)knu yä(r)k· ///
a3	n2 /// ññamār lyā – ///
a4	/// – – taṃ ///
b2	/// ·u – – ///
b3	/// rśva śa wa ·m· ///
b4	/// l-ci : t(ñ)i ·e ///
b5	/// rets ///

Translation

a1	...
a2	... provided with ... honour ...
a3	... I ...
a4	...
b2	...
b3	...
b4	... is to be ... by you; your ...
b5	...

Commentary

Remarks

*	In one frame with A 408.j-A 408.l and A 408.n-A 408.r. The right part of the string hole space is preserved.

Philological commentary

n1	y[ä](·)k· ///: the top of the k is not preserved, but an r is needed to account for the non-syncopated ä.
n2	/// ññamār lyā – ///: the word division is uncertain. Apparently ññamār is a 1sg.prs.-sbj.mid. of a verb in -äyññ- (type tuṅkiññamār; however, precisely the 1sg.mid. of this class is so far unattested, so that it is uncertain whether it would end in ññamār or ñmār. Alternatively, one could think of a 1sg.prs.sbj.act. in ññam; the following ārlyā – /// could be a ger. of arā- 'cease', although one would then perhaps rather expect ārlyāṃ.

y[ä](·)k· ///: the top of the k is not preserved, but an r is needed to account for the non-syncopated ä.

/// ññamār lyā – ///: the word division is uncertain. Apparently ññamār is a 1sg.prs.-sbj.mid. of a verb in -äyññ- (type tuṅkiññamār; however, precisely the 1sg.mid. of this class is so far unattested, so that it is uncertain whether it would end in ññamār or ñmār. Alternatively, one could think of a 1sg.prs.sbj.act. in ññam; the following ārlyā – /// could be a ger. of arā- 'cease', although one would then perhaps rather expect ārlyāṃ.