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THT 117

Known as:THT 117; B 117; Bleistiftnummer 2676
Cite this page as:"THT 117". 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-tht117 (accessed 14 Jun. 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:T III MQR 22 Frgm 2
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:archaic
Script:classical

Text contents

Title of the work:Rājavṛtti
Text genre:Literary
Text subgenre:Kāvya
Verse/Prose:verse

Object

Manuscript:THT 117-132
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:7

Transliteration

a2illegible
a3ṣu [1] a m· [ś]k· ntse sse ///
a4mā lle a mo ksa a [k]n· ///
a5sa śau mo a lye ke pi ///
a6ko śa lyka śke pa lsko wai ke sse 1 ṣe ///
a7śau mye śau mo wī śi a nai śai toṃ wä [nta] ///
lf70 4
b1o no lme ntsa nai wa tsñe ya ma skeṃ ///
b2re ki e ñca reṃ 2 la re pi nā ki we [s̝s̝a] ///
b3mā ke tra cä ñcaṃ toṃ ///
b4e re pa te ka rtse tā [ka]ṃ ///
b5– – – – s̝ta ra ///
b6illegible

Transcription

lf74
a2///
a3ṣu 1 am(i)śk= (e)ntsesse ///
a4mālle amoksa akn(ā) ///
a5sa śaumo alyekepi ///
a6kośa lykäśke pälsko waikesse 1 ṣe /// (ai)¬
a7¬śaumye śaumo wīśi anaiśai toṃ wäntä(rwa) ///
b1onolments anaiwatsñe yamäskeṃ ///
b2reki eñcareṃ 2 larepi nāki weṣṣä ///
b3 ket ra cäñcaṃ toṃ ///
b4erepate kärtse tākaṃ ///
b5– – – – ṣtär a ///
b6///

Commentary

Remarks

*In one frame with THT 120. Lines a1 and b7 are missing.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008A2
Tamai 2011C1
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 117; TITUS: THT 117

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 52

Translations

Hackstein 1995: a7 (133)