THT 254

Known as:	THT 254; B 254; Bleistiftnummer 2646
Cite this page as:	"THT 254". 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-tht254 (accessed 16 Jun. 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQR 81
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Kāvya
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	4343 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 252-265
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// [nt]ra [sk]i [y]o r[a] /// /// su lkā tra ñyā tse ne ///
a2	/// [n]mā mā [tā] kaṃ su a lye kme[ṃ] ya /// /// ·[u] skw[ä] nmā ke [t]· [lsko] – [rw]·[¯] [¯ts] skw· – – sk[w]· nmā : [t]r· p· [pa] ///
a3	/// – – – [t]kā nmeṃ [ru] ks̝a pa /// /// [lsko] ṣe klye [n]tra skwä ntse lau te mā ne saṃ 8 [k]uc[e] ne ṅka [t]kre sa nu ññe ///
a4	/// – – – – – – – – – – /// /// [nt]· [ā] ne [:] se ti ·i – [ś]ai ṣṣe ntse sā ne mpe le a ñma ntse : o ///
a5	/// – – – – – – – – /// /// – [tkaṃ] [:] [kre]· [o]· [o] [lmi] ta llā n·e ///
b2	/// [k]ly· – [m]· [k]ly· – (–) k· tṣ[e] kpa lsko te ki ññe ke [tra] ///
b3	/// – – – – [o] n[o] lme [10]-[1] /// /// [ru] [ṣa] [k]e – lsko snai [sa] kwyai tu ke ·e – [no] [ṅk]· [su] ///
b4	/// – – [pa] lsko ka kā ccu a – – /// /// – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10 2 i sa ///
b5	/// [ne] [sa]· /// /// [c]· – ·[e] – – ye ne ///

7d	/// nträ skiyo ra /// /// su lkāträ ñyātsene /// a2
8a	2σ /// (skwä)nmā ; mā tākaṃ ; su alyekmeṃ ; ya /// 2σ
8b	/// ·u skwänmā ket· lsko – rw· ts skw· – (mā) skw(ä)nmā :
8c	tr· p· pä /// a3/// – – – tkānmeṃ rukṣä pä ///
8d	3σ /// lsko ; ṣe= klyenträ ; skwäntse laute ; mā nesäṃ 8
9a	k_ucen= eṅkätkre ; sanuññe ; /// 7σ
Xx	a4/// – – – – – – – – – – ///
Xx	10σ /// nt(w) āne :
Xx	se ti(m)i(rä) ; śaiṣṣentse ; sān empele ; añmäntse :
Xx	o /// 13σ
Xx	a5/// – – – – – – – – /// 10σ /// (wo) tkäṃ :
Xx	kre(ñc) o(n) olmi ; tällān(-n)e ; /// 7σ
11c	b2/// kly· – m· kly· – – k(e)t ṣek pälsko tekiññe ket ra /// b3
11d	7σ /// ; – – – – ; onolme 10-1
12d	/// /// ruṣa ke(t) (pä)lsko snai säkw yaitu ke(kts)e(ñä) noṅk (au)su /// b4/// – – pälsko kakāccu a – – /// /// – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 10-2
13a	isä /// 10σ
Xx	b5/// nesä(ṃ) /// /// c(e) (prek)e (aumi)yene ///

a4	This [is] the blindness of the world, a terrible enemy for oneself; in the dark hells the deed takes hold of oneself. (Peyrot 2013b: 432)

*	THT 255

Carling 2000: a1 (240), b5 (281); Peyrot 2013b: a4 (432)