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THT 209.b

Known as:	THT 209.b; B 209b; Bleistiftnummer 2694
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "THT 209.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-tht209b (accessed 21 Jan. 2025).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQR 55
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Add. linguistic characteristics:	archaic
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Buddhastotra
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 203-209
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

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Transliteration

a1	/// – tta ne – ///
a2	/// rpa cu pa lau [w](·)[a] [t]· ///
b1	/// – ///
b2	/// – śai yṣe ta la¯ – ///
b3	/// – ///

Transcription

a1	/// – tta ne – ///
a2	/// (ai)rpäcu palauw(n)a t· ///
b1	/// – ///
b2	n1 /// – śaiyṣe tala(nt) ///
b3	/// – ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	In one frame with THT 208 and THT 209.a.

Philological commentary

n1	tala(nt): tala(u) seems also possible.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	A3
Tamai 2011	C5
Tamai 2011	C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 209b

Bibliography

IDP

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

Peyrot 2008

Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.

Tamai 2011

Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.