THT 259
| Known as: | THT 259; B 259; Bleistiftnummer 2633 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 259". 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-tht259 (accessed 03 Dec. 2023). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Qizil Miŋ-Öy |
| Specific find spot: | Rothkuppelraum |
| Expedition code: | T III MQR 89 (on the frame)/ T III MQ 69 (on the fragment) |
| 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: | M13a |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 252-265 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// skeṃ kuse [o] ñtn· ka rtka s̝s̝aṃ /// |
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| a2 | /// ñcr· [kly]au ṣtsi swā re sā naṃ tsne mce pa lsko [ka] [ka] /// |
| a3 | /// skwä ntā sa kre [n]· – – – ma ske ta¯ ¯r ce tsṣe /// |
| a4 | /// |
| b3 | /// [lkā] tsi kuse pta nm[a] – – [n]e keṃ [ṣ]e kto no kaṃ [ka] /// |
| b4 | /// [ā] stri i ndri ntā sa 20 4 snai ra se¯ ¯r snai ·o ·ai /// |
| b5 | /// ñce [ṣai] ·ī ·e [pu] dñä kte ·e /// |
Transcription
| 18b | 12σ /// skeṃ |
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| 18c | kuse oñtn(e) kärtkäṣṣäṃ /// 7σ |
| 18d | 13σ |
| 19a | a26σ /// ñcr· klyauṣtsi swāre sānäṃts |
| 19b | nemce pälsko käkä /// 7σ |
| 19c | 13σ |
| 19d | a3/// skwäntāsa kren· – – – |
| 20a | mäsketär cets ṣe /// 8σ |
| 23d | a4/// b3 |
| 24a | 11σ /// lkātsi |
| 24b | kuse ptänma – – ne keṃ ṣek tonokäṃ kä /// 1σ |
| 24c | 13σ |
| 24d | b47σ /// āstri indrintāsa 20-4 |
| 25a | snai räser snai (śc)o(n)ai /// 7σ |
| b5 | /// ñce ṣai ·ī ·e pudñäkte ·e /// |
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Commentary
Remarks
| Fragment of the leaf directly following THT 258. Lines a5 and b1-2 are lost. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008b | A1 |
| Tamai 2011a | C1 |
| Tamai 2011a | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Translations
Krause 1952: a1 (185)
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Krause, Wolfgang. 1952. Westtocharische Grammatik, Band I. Das Verbum. Heidelberg: Winter.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2008b. 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. 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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