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THT 227.b

Known as:	THT 227.b; Bleistiftummer 2759
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "THT 227.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-tht227b (accessed 10 Dec. 2023).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Provenience
Main find spot:	Qizil Miŋ-Öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW)
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	archaic
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Buddhastotra
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 224-227
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	3

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	/// ·[k]r· [ta] ñr· k· ṣṣ· śv· lm· ///
a2	/// [u]te sa 9 śa mna ṣṣi – ///
a3	/// – kne la kl[y]i ṣeṃ ta ñre ///
b1	/// m[e] rsa ra [m]ta 10 ma ṣe – ///
b2	/// ·[e] śc[v]i bra hm[ñ]ä kte ntse [k]·· [ly]· ///
b3	/// ṣ[l]e¯ – w[l]o n[ai] t[to¯] [¯ī] 10-[1] – ///

Transcription

a1	/// ·kr· täñ r(e)k(i)ṣṣ(e) śv(a)lm(en) ///
a2	/// u tesa 9 śamnaṣṣi – ///
a3	/// – knel= aklyi ṣeṃ täñ re(ki) ///
b1	/// (su)mersa ramtä 10 ma ṣe – ///
b2	/// ·eś cvi brahmñäktentse k(ek)ly(ewṣu) ///
b3	/// ṣle(nts) wlo naittoī 10-1 – ///

Commentary

Remarks

	In one frame with THT 225, THT 226 and THT 227.a, THT 227.c. On IDP, recto and verso are reversed.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008b	A1
Malzahn 2007e	A4
Tamai 2011a	A2

References

Online access

IDP: THT 227b

Bibliography

IDP

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

Malzahn 2007e

Malzahn, Melanie. 2007e. “The most archaic manuscripts of Tocharian B and the varieties of the Tocharian B language.” In Instrumenta Tocharica, edited by Melanie Malzahn, 255–97. Heidelberg: Winter.

Peyrot 2008b

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

Tamai 2011a

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