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A 456.b
| Known as: | A 456.b; THT 1090b; Bleistiftnummer 3140 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot; Angelo Mascheroni (translation). "A 456.b". 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-a456b (accessed 13 Feb. 2026). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot; Angelo Mascheroni (translation) |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Kocho |
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| Expedition code: | T I D 24 |
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| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | Skt.; TA |
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| Script: | classical |
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Text contents |
| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Verse/Prose: | prose |
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Object |
| Manuscript: | A 452-456 |
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| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Size (h × w): | 5.2 × 6.1 cm |
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| Number of lines: | 3 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// – e tsu ṣtsa rū ma¯ ¯s̝• – /// |
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| a2 | /// [s]ā m·ā ñma skaṃ tra /// |
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| a3 | /// [l]o [r]·ā /// |
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| b1 | /// ·ṣ· /// |
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| b2 | /// ·[n]· k· v[a] tī rṇa : sa¯ ¯m /// |
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| b3 | /// [l]· [k]ā rpa rskā la nä¯ ¯s̝• /// |
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Transcription
| a1 | n1 /// – etsuṣ tsarūmäṣ – /// |
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| a2 | /// sām·āñ mäskaṃträ /// |
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| a3 | /// lo r·ā /// |
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| b1 | /// ·ṣ· /// |
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| b2 | /// ·n· k (a)vatīrṇa : säm /// |
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| b3 | n2 /// l· kār pärskāl anäṣ /// |
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Translation
| a1 | ... grasping ... and having ... in (their?) hands ... |
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| a2 | ... they become ... |
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| a3 | ... |
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| b1 | ... |
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| b2 | ... he ... |
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| b3 | ... feared by him (?)n3 ... |
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Commentary
Remarks
| * | In one frame with A 456, A 456.a and A 456.c. The upper margin of the recto (lower of the verso) is preserved. |
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Philological commentary
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1090b
Bibliography
Carling and Pinault 2023
Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
IDP
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg et al. 1931
Sieg, Emil, Wilhelm Siegling, and Wilhelm Schulze. 1931. Tocharische Grammatik. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
