THT 233
| Known as: | THT 233; B 233; Bleistiftnummer 2419 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 233". 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-tht233 (accessed 06 Mar. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kucha Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III M 41.3 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Add. linguistic characteristics: | late |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Buddhastotra |
| Verse/Prose: | verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 231-233 |
| 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 | /// ī kṣvā kuṃ ñe |
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| a2 | /// wi ṣai • |
| b3 | /// k· kts·¯ ¯ñä |
| b4 | /// śa nma wī |
| b5 | /// [o] ro cce ta preṃ au |
Transcription
| a1 | /// īkṣvākuṃñe |
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| a2 | /// wi ṣai • |
| b3 | /// k(e)kts(e)ñ |
| b4 | /// śanma wī |
| b5 | /// orocce täpreṃ au |
Commentary
Remarks
| In one frame with THT 232. Lines a3-5 and b1-2 are lost. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | CL |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
other
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 138-139
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2008. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
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.
