THT 256
| Known as: | THT 256; B 256; Bleistiftnummer 2636 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 256". 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-tht256 (accessed 16 Jan. 2025). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Specific find spot: | Rothkuppelraum |
| Expedition code: | T III MQR 84 (on the frame), T III MQ 46 (on the fragment) |
| 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 (1x), 5654 (1x), 4343 (1x), 5654 (1x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 252-265 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
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Transliteration
| lf | 5 |
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| a1 | – – – ·m· – [ly]· – ta nma ske ntra /// |
| a2 | – [ka] lpā skeṃ wno lmi lkā skeṃ 6 lo /// |
| a3 | – nt[ā] ce yai ke ntra co ka nm[a] /// |
| a4 | – – mai kne kau rs̝a[ṃ] ts[lā] nte ra [ś](·)e /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | – [s]ta nmā ne sn[ai] n· k· [e] /// |
| b3 | – nmā yo rsa pū [d]ñä kte ntse – /// |
| b4 | – lyai kmā ka la kle wä rpnā ntra – [n]t· nā lye /// |
| b5 | – – – rk[ā] l[ñe] [ñā] tse wro tse se spo rtto /// |
Transcription
| lf | 5 |
| Xx | – – – ·m· – ly· – tänmäskenträ /// |
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| 6d | 13σ a2– kälpāskeṃ ; wnolmi lkāskeṃ 6 |
| 7a | lo /// 13σ |
| Xx | a3n1 – ntā cey aikenträ cokänma /// |
| Xx | a4– – maikne kaurṣäṃts lānte ra ś·e /// |
| Xx | b1/// b2– stänmāne snai n· k· e /// |
| Xx | b3– nm= āyorsa pūdñäktentse – /// |
| Xx | b4– lyaik māka läkle wärpnānträ – nt· n ālye /// |
| Xx | b5– – – rkālñe ñātse wrotse se sportto(tär) /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| Line a5 is lost. Fragment from the leaf directly preceding THT 257. |
Philological commentary
| n1 | ntā can also be just nta |
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Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | A1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
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.
