THT 261

Known as:	THT 261; B 261; THT 2973.a; THT 2973.b
Cite this page as:	"THT 261". 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-tht261 (accessed 19 May 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQR 88
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:	665 (4x); 45 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 252-265
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// ka lle [s]· [pa] ssa kwä ///
a2	/// ññe sa o stmeṃ lna s̝s̝aṃ kuse mā ///
a3	/// ·[t]· spa kt[ā] [nṣe] yä rpo te ścma ntā ka [nma] s̝[s̝]aṃ ///
a4	/// \|\| a ñcā ls̝a rne yā mu sa ///
a5	/// m· s·· 1 – w·o [c]·e – – ///
b1	/// [k]· [kr]· [p]· ///
b2	/// lm[e](·) s[o] [y]lñ[e] [yä] [nmā] s̝s̝aṃ 3 e ṣ[k]e ///
b3	/// l[m]e : [wsā] sta lau te [la] lñe ṣṣe sa kwa[¯] [¯]śc ///
b4	/// ṅ[k]e [ś]ai ṣṣ· tri śa lle 5 [tau] ·[ru] ///
b5	/// [y]ä rke [nt]· [m]āṃ twe [:] [6] ///

a3	/// ·t· spaktānṣe yärpo teśc mantā känmäṣṣäṃ ///
a4	/// ॥

1a	añcāl ṣärne ; yāmusa /// 3σ
Xx	a5/// m· s·· 1 – w(r)oc(c)e – – ///
Xx	b1/// k(a)kr(au)p(au) ///
3c	b2
3d	3σ /// lme· ; soylñe yänmāṣṣäṃ 3
4a	eṣke /// 7σ
4b	9σ
4c	b38σ /// lme :
4d	wsāsta laute ; lälñeṣṣe säkwaśc
5a	/// 9σ
5b	9σ
5c	b49σ
5d	3σ /// ṅke ; śaiṣṣ(e) triśälle 5
6a	tau ·ru /// 7σ
6b	9σ
6c	b59σ
6d	4σ /// yärkent· māṃ twe : 6

*	THT 261 has been re-published as THT 2973.a-b.

Peyrot 2008	A1
Tamai 2011	C14