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THT 2381.a

Known as:THT 2381.a; Prelim. No. 578
Cite this page as:"THT 2381.a". 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-tht2381a (accessed 14 Apr. 2026).

Provenience

Expedition code:T III
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:archaic
Script:archaic

Text contents

Text genre:Literary

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:3

Images

Transliteration

a1/// rṣa ne kre – – ·n· (–) – – ///
a2/// ra¯ ¯mt ka llaṃ ma ka śa ni – ///
a3/// ·o r·eṃ – ·e ///
b1/// – ///
b2/// – • ma ntr· kka yna ñma sn· ///
b3/// yā maṃ – – – – ///

Transcription

a1/// rṣa ne kre – – ·n· – – – ///
a2/// ramt källaṃ ma ka śa ni – ///
a3/// ·o r·eṃ·e ///
b1/// – ///
b2/// – • mäntr· kka ynañmä sn· ///
b3/// yāmaṃ – – – – ///

Commentary

Remarks

*On the script type, see Malzahn 2007a: 266-267.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Malzahn 2007aA5
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 2381a; TITUS: THT 2381

Edition

Tamai 2007a: №2381

Bibliography

IDP

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

Malzahn 2007a

Malzahn, Melanie. 2007a. “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.

Tamai 2007a

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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.

Tamai 2011

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

TITUS

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.