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A 449

Known as:	A 449; THT 1083
Cite this page as:	Gerd Carling. "A 449". 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-a449 (accessed 12 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Gerd Carling
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kocho
Expedition code:	T I D 40
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TA
Script:	late
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	/// ·tra tma kmā¯ ¯k ///
a2	/// tsa pka laṃ o ko ka rso ra [ṣṣ]ū ///
a3	/// pa lka¯ ¯s̝ tṣa nä¯ ¯k ynā le¯ ¯k śkaṃ • ///
a4	/// vaṃ sa ṅkrā maṃ ma ska ///
b1	/// [ñ]m· sa¯ ¯m ta kwā ṣā ///
b2	/// ·t· ñka¯ ¯t ce sa¯ ¯m brā mnā¯ ¯s wū ślo ///
b3	/// [l]· ne ta myo śu ra ta¯ ¯r sa ///
b4	/// ·i ne ne ṣi nä¯ ¯s ///

Transcription

a1	/// ·trä tm-äk māk ///
a2	/// tsä pkaläṃ oko kärsoräṣ ṣū ///
a3	/// pälkäṣ tṣan-äk ynālek śkaṃ • ///
a4	/// vaṃ saṅkrāmaṃ mäska ///
b1	/// ñm· säm täkwāṣā ///
b2	/// (p)t(ā)ñkät cesäm brāmnās wū ślo ///
b3	/// l·ne tämyo śuratär sä ///
b4	/// ·ine neṣinäs ///

Other

b3	... deshalb ist er bekümmert ... (Schmidt 1974: 158)

Commentary

Remarks

*	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).
*	Transcription and translation are based on Carling et al. 2009.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 1083; TITUS: THT 1083

Miscellaneous

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1921: 243; Sieg and Siegling 1921 p. 243

Translations

Carling 2000: a4 (155); Schmidt 1974: b3 (158); Thomas 1952: a2 (28), a2 (35)