THT 139

Known as:	THT 139; B 139; Bleistiftnummer 2685
Cite this page as:	"THT 139". 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-tht139 (accessed 17 Jun. 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQR 37 (on the frame), T III MQ 152 (on the fragment)
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	archaic
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Kāvya
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	4343 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 133-147
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	8

Transliteration

a1	/// k[ā] – [ta] rñsa su waṃ tsno mā pe [s]· ///
a2	/// [ll]· mā s(·) yke trā mā p[ā] ce¯ ¯r 30-2 śau mo s[n]ai ///
a3	/// au lo [ñ][c]p[ī] sa tk(·) nta rne lyi tkwä nmā sru ke mā ne kuse la ///
a4	/// ste ne saṃ ksā : o rkmo yne śkrui tā ka nne mā sku(·)eṃ ·ā ///
a5	/// [yo] tra stā m[a] – ṣtsa sru kā lle mā ///
a6	/// lmeṃ a ///
a7	///
a8	///
b1	///
b2	///
b3	/// [n]· ś[o] ///
b4	/// [st]· ke ṣcye [r]· ·[u] wä rñä [ṣ]tra ka k· ///
b5	/// ·[ā] nto ytra yā to¯ ¯ī ñwä ntre ṣe kṣe ks̝pa [ku]s(·) ñi cä ñśä ///
b6	/// sā s̝pa 40 2 la kle we skeṃ pi śa ntseṃ cai la kle ntse tsa ṅk[ā] [ll](·) ///
b7	/// d[ñ]ä k(·)e 40 [3] wse ttse s[t]ā mra po ntpre ke sru ///
b8	/// [r]tts· [p]i – ··sa nne pe p[r](·) tkwä 40 4 ///

32a	a1/// kā – tär-ñ säsuwaṃts no mā pes· /// 4σ
32b	14σ
32c	14σ
32d	a26σ /// ll· 1σ ; mā s(o)y ket rā ; mā pācer 30-2
33a	śaumo snai /// 11σ
33b	14σ
33c	a314σ ///
33d	auloñ cpī sät;k(e)ntär-ne ; lyitkwänmā ; srukemāne
34a	k_use lä /// 12σ
34b	14σ
34c	10σ a4/// ste ; nesäṃ ksā :
34d	orkmo yneś kr_ui ; tākan-ne ; māsk_u(m)eṃ ·ā /// 4σ
35a	14σ
35b	14σ
35c	1σ a5/// yoträ stā;ma – ṣtsa ; srukālle mā ; /// 3σ
Xx	1σ a6/// lmeṃ a /// a7/// a8///
Xx	b1/// b2/// b3/// n· śo ///
41a	b413σ /// st· 1σ
41b	keṣcye r(ur)u ; wär ñäṣträ ; kak· /// 6σ
41c	14σ
41d	14σ
42a	b54σ /// ; ·āntoyträ ; yāto_ī-ñ wäntre ; ṣek-ṣek ṣpä
42b	k_us(e) ñi cäñśä(ṃ) /// 10σ
42c	14σ
42d	b612σ /// sā ṣpä 40-2
43a	läkle weskeṃ ; piś antseṃ ; cai läklentse ; tsäṅkāll(e)
43b	/// 14σ
43c	14σ
43d	b712σ /// dñäk(t)e 40-3
44a	wsettse stām ra ; pont preke ; sru /// 6σ
44b	14σ
44c	14σ
44d	b86σ /// rtts· 1σ ; pi – ··sanne ; pepr(u)tkwä 40-4

a4	/// si les ténèbres sont devenues claires pour lui loin de la difficulté. ///

*	Lines a7-8 and b1-2 are missing.