THT 254
| Known as: | THT 254; B 254; Bleistiftnummer 2646 |
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| 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 08 Dec. 2023). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Qizil Miŋ-Öy |
| Specific find spot: | Rothkuppelraum |
| Expedition code: | T III MQR 81 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection (BBAW) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Kāvya |
| Verse/Prose: | verse |
| Meter: | M14 |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 252-265 |
| 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 | /// [nt]ra [sk]i [y]o r[a] /// /// su lkā tra ñyā tse ne /// |
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| 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 /// |
Transcription
| 7d | /// nträ skiyo ra /// /// su lkāträ ñyātsene /// a2 |
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| 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 | kucen= 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 /// |
Other
| a4 | This [is] the blindness of the world, a terrible enemy for oneself; in the dark hells the deed takes hold of oneself. (Peyrot 2013c: 432) |
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Commentary
Parallel texts
| THT 255 |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008b | A1 |
| Tamai 2011a | C1 |
| Tamai 2011a | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 154-155
Translations
Carling 2000: a1 (240), b5 (281); Peyrot 2013c: a4 (432)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktion der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2008b. Variation and change in Tocharian B. Vol. 15. Leiden Studies in Indo-European. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2013c. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
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. 2011a. 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.”
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