THT 260
| Known as: | THT 260; B 260; Bleistiftnummer 2681 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 260". 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-tht260 (accessed 07 Sep. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Specific find spot: | Rothkuppelraum |
| Expedition code: | T III MQR 87 |
| 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: | 643 (4x) |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 252-265 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// [¯]śc śe mo [su] /// |
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| a2 | /// ne ne m[ā] su nta ksa /// |
| a3 | /// sa ma [k]· lau pā r[e] /// |
| a4 | /// ·[au] nau mye kuse klyau ṣtra tā [tk]· ntsā ñä kteṃ tsñä [k]· /// |
| a5 | /// [30] 6 ku[s]e ·e la ·e /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// pne n[au] [s̝a] – – – [y]ā ta ne pa pa /// |
| b3 | /// ta ññä [k]· [ā] [ka] ls̝a /// |
| b4 | /// ·au – nmā sā mpa· [i] /// |
| b5 | /// twe nta ma ntā· [ai] /// |
Transcription
| Xx | /// śc śemo su /// |
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| Xx | a2/// nene mā su nta ksa /// |
| Xx | a3/// samak· laupāre /// |
| Xx | a4/// ·au naumye kuse klyauṣträ tātk·ntsā ñäkteṃts ñäk(te) /// |
| 36d | a513σ /// 30-6 |
| 37a | kuse (cm)ela(n)e /// 9σ |
| Xx | b1n1 /// b2/// pne nauṣä – – – yā tane päpä /// |
| Xx | b3/// täñ ñäk(t) ā kälṣä /// |
| Xx | b4/// (ś)au(lä)nmā sāmpa(ts) i /// |
| Xx | b5/// twenta mantā(l) ai /// |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| n1 | The line is abraded. |
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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.
