CEToM | THT 1340.b

THT 1340.b

Known as:	THT 1340.b; Prelim. No. 166
Cite this page as:	"THT 1340.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-tht1340b&outputformat=print (accessed 17 Jul. 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	MQ 49
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Known as:

THT 1340.b; Prelim. No. 166

Cite this page as:

"THT 1340.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-tht1340b&outputformat=print (accessed 17 Jul. 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:

Kizil Ming-öy

Expedition code:

MQ 49

Collection:

Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:

Linguistic stage:

classical

Script:

classical

Text contents

Text genre:

Literary

Object

Material:

ink on paper

Form:

Poṭhī

Number of lines:

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	/// ·ä s·e nta ks· – [la] kle ne mā ne sa – (– – –)
a2	/// ·m· ta rśau na : prā kre no s̝a¯ ¯p yo lai tsmai yya – –
a3	/// – 3 wai ke ña ke – m·eṃ tsñe mpa cā tya ma st· –
a4	/// tsi s̝a¯ ¯p ñä s·ai – (– –) ·ā lyau ce : ·ai (–) – – (–)
b1	/// – – ¯ts ·w· – ///
b2	/// – ¯ñ ne sa ñmā ·k· – ·k· – rya ymai nt· – nu – ///
b3	/// – : lka skau a tkwa¯ ¯l ta¯ ¯ñ cä mpa mñe kulo ṣa ntsai kp· s¯ – ///
b4	/// – : ta ññe ya kne ma nta nta ña¯ ¯ś e ṅk[w]ā – – – ///
b5	/// ñ· ¯ – s̝a¯ ¯p ceṃ¯ ¯t· ñ·a a r·au : 8 \|\| wai –

/// ·ä s·e nta ks· – [la] kle ne mā ne sa – (– – –)

/// ·m· ta rśau na : prā kre no s̝a¯ ¯p yo lai tsmai yya – –

/// – 3 wai ke ña ke – m·eṃ tsñe mpa cā tya ma st· –

/// tsi s̝a¯ ¯p ñä s·ai – (– –) ·ā lyau ce : ·ai (–) – – (–)

/// – – ¯ts ·w· – ///

/// – ¯ñ ne sa ñmā ·k· – ·k· – rya ymai nt· – nu – ///

/// – : lka skau a tkwa¯ ¯l ta¯ ¯ñ cä mpa mñe kulo ṣa ntsai kp· s¯ – ///

/// – : ta ññe ya kne ma nta nta ña¯ ¯ś e ṅk[w]ā – – – ///

/// ñ· ¯ – s̝a¯ ¯p ceṃ¯ ¯t· ñ·a a r·au : 8 || wai –

Transcription

a1	/// ·ä s·e nta ks· – läklene mā nesä – – – –
a2	/// ·m· tarśauna : prākre no ṣäp yolaits maiyya – –
a3	/// – 3 waike ñake – m·eṃtsñempa cā tya ma st· –
a4	/// tsi ṣäp ñä s·ai – – – ·ā lyau ce : ·ai – – – –
b1	/// – – ts ·w· – ///
b2	/// – ñ ne sä ñmā ·k· – ·k· – rya ymai nt· – nu – ///
b3	/// – : lkaskau a tkwal tañ cämpamñe k_ulo ṣa ntsai kp·s – ///
b4	/// – : tä ññe yakne mantanta ñaś eṅkwā – – – ///
b5	/// ñ· – ṣäp ceṃt· ñ·a a r·au : 8 ॥ wai –

/// ·ä s·e nta ks· – läklene mā nesä – – – –

/// ·m· tarśauna : prākre no ṣäp yolaits maiyya – –

/// – 3 waike ñake – m·eṃtsñempa cā tya ma st· –

/// tsi ṣäp ñä s·ai – – – ·ā lyau ce : ·ai – – – –

/// – – ts ·w· – ///

/// – ñ ne sä ñmā ·k· – ·k· – rya ymai nt· – nu – ///

/// – : lkaskau a tkwal tañ cämpamñe k_ulo ṣa ntsai kp·s – ///

/// – : tä ññe yakne mantanta ñaś eṅkwā – – – ///

/// ñ· – ṣäp ceṃt· ñ·a a r·au : 8 ॥ wai –

References

Online access

other

Bibliography

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

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.

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