THT 264
| Known as: | THT 264; B 264; Bleistiftnummer 2661 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 264". 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-tht264 (accessed 12 Apr. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Specific find spot: | Rothkuppelraum |
| Expedition code: | T III MQR 90 |
| 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: | 4335 (4x) |
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 | /// ·ñ· ṣe [ntā] /// |
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| a2 | /// a rta lle ṣe¯ ¯k cä ñcre r· ki [tā] [ka] [r]··· /// |
| a3 | /// ka sko ṣre ki we l·e meṃ ṣe /// |
| a4 | /// ·ne [p]i ko e ntse /// |
| b2 | /// m· – ṣlñe [o] /// |
| b3 | /// || ka ru ṇa pra [l]· [p]n· || /// |
| b4 | /// ke w[r]o [cc]e pi l[ā] nte cpi [p]r· – ·i /// |
| b5 | /// [r]·[e] kuse ·ai /// |
Transcription
| Xx | /// ·ñ· ṣe ntā /// |
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| Xx | a2/// artalle ṣek cäñcre r(e)ki tākar··· /// |
| Xx | a3/// käskoṣ reki wel(ñ)emeṃ ṣe /// |
| Xx | a4/// ·ne piko entse /// |
| Xx | b2/// m· – ṣlñe o /// |
| b3 | /// ॥ karuṇapral(ā)pn(e) ॥ |
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| Xx | /// b4/// ke wroccepi lānte cpi pr· – ·i /// b5/// r·e kuse ·ai /// |
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Commentary
Remarks
| Lines a5 and b1 are lost. |
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.
