W 16

Known as:	W 16; Or 6402A 1.4
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "W 16". 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-or6402a14 (accessed 13 Jan. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Collection:	British Library (London)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

Images

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Transliteration

a1	///
a2	///
a3	///
a4	///
a5	///
a6	/// – rkw[i] ///
b1	///
b2	/// ṣṣa – – \|\| • ·tw· – t·au [nta] ///
b3	/// – lype pa kṣa ll· pra [lle] ///
b4	/// [po] na ks̝aṃ – ·k· ra ///
b5	///
b6	///

Transcription

a1	///
a2	///
a3	///
a4	///
a5	///
a6	/// (ā)rkwi ///
b1	///
b2	/// ṣṣa – – ॥ • tw· – t(r)aunta ///
b3	/// (ṣa)lype päkṣall(e) pralle ///
b4	/// po nakṣäṃ (naṣ)k(a)ra ///
b5	///
b6	///

Translation

a6	... blanc? ...
b3	... huile à cuire, à apporter ...
b4	... détruit tout ...

Commentary

Remarks

*	Broomhead 1962: 18: "This text was practically illegible on the original and the facsimile yields almost nothing."

References

Online access

IDP: Or.6402A/1.4

Edition

Filliozat 1948: 71, 83; Broomhead 1962: 18

Bibliography

Broomhead 1962

Broomhead, J.W. 1962. “A textual edition of the British Hoernle, Stein and Weber Kuchean manuscripts. With transliteration, translation, grammatical commentary and vocabulary. I = Edition.” PhD, Cambridge: Trinity College.

Filliozat 1948

Filliozat, Jean. 1948. Fragments de textes koutchéens de médecine et de magie. Texte, parallèles sanskrits et tibétains, traduction et glossaire. Paris: Librairie d’Amérique et d’Orient Adrien-Maisonneuve.

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.