THT 1253
| Known as: | THT 1253; Prelim. No. 68 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 1253". 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-tht1253 (accessed 13 Apr. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Avadāna |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// kt· na sa śā sta – (–) ·y· ·ñ· /// |
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| a2 | /// – ste – ·sā mo cai śā lyi ·pe – /// |
| a3 | /// ka ·s·¯ ¯ys̝pä cwī śa na sa ntse śle¯ ¯k• śta /// |
| a4 | /// – mo rk·o ko wä rpna ntra • tse mi ra |
| a5 | /// ·ā ·e (–) ·ai ·te – [ś]au ś· lle snā cau we n[t]a /// |
| b1 | /// [s]s· ś· (–) – ke klyau (–) – ·t· ka¯ ¯r ñe¯ – /// |
| b2 | /// ñ· – kl[ā] vi ssu ta ni ke ntse pe lai /// |
| b3 | /// ñī ñe mkla vi su ṣe sa sā ṅka mu a /// |
| b4 | /// – (–) – vai śā li ·i – /// |
| b5 | /// ·ä – rī na ne ·o (–) – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// kt· na sä śāstä – – ·y· ·ñ· /// |
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| a2 | /// – ste – ·sā mo cai śā lyi ·pe – /// |
| a3 | /// ka ·s·yṣp cwī śana sa ntse śle-k śta /// |
| a4 | /// – mo rk·o ko wärpnanträ • tse mi ra |
| a5 | /// ·ā ·e – ·ai ·te – śau ś· lle snā cau we nta /// |
| b1 | /// ss· ś· – – keklyau – – ·t· kar ñe – /// |
| b2 | /// ñ· – klāvissu tä n ikentse pelai /// |
| b3 | /// ñī ñem klavisu ṣesa sāṅkä mu a /// |
| b4 | /// – – – vaiśāli ·i – /// |
| b5 | /// ·ä – rī na ne ·o – – /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| Same leaf as THT 3056. |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1253; TITUS: THT 1253
other
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1253
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Ogihara, Hirotoshi. 2012. “The ‘Avadāna manuscript’ in Tocharian B.” Tokyo University Linguistic Papers 32: 109–243. http://repository.dl.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2261/52749/1/ggr032007.pdf.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007a. “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” Thesaurus indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan collection. 2007. http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/tht.htm.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.




