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THT 2698.a

Known as:	THT 2698.a
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz. "THT 2698.a". 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-tht2698a (accessed 15 Mar. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz
Provenience
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	late
Script:	cursive
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Scroll

Transliteration

a1	/// ·[ṣu] ·[t]· – – – ·[r]· ///
a2	pa ñcwa ri ke jñā na ra kṣi te lyā ka ¤ sa ṅka ste re ā [ry]· ///
a3	śa ko kne sā ṅki¯ ¯ś śle tru kā le ka nti ne yi kṣye t[au] pi ś[ṣa] ṅ··
a4	ṅkaṃ pa ñcwa ri ke jñā na ra kṣi te lyā ka ¤ sa ṅka ste re ā rya [w]· ///

Transcription

a1	/// ·ṣu ·t· – – – ·r· ///
a2	pañcwarike jñānarakṣite lyāka ¤saṅkästeren1 āry(awarme) ///
a3	śak okne sāṅkiś śle trukāle kantine yikṣye tau piś ṣaṅ(käṃ) /// (ṣa-)
a4	ṅkäṃ pañcwarike jñānarakṣite lyāka ¤saṅkästere āryaw(arme) ///

Translation

a2	The Pañcwarike Jñānarakṣite saw it ¤. The Saṅkastere Aryawarme...
a3	On day eighteen, flour as bread including the apportionment for the saṅgha: a peck, five pints...
a4	pints. The Pañcwarike Jñānarakṣite saw it ¤. The Saṅkastere Aryawarme...

Commentary

Philological commentary

n1	The 't' here looks like the 'n' in senemitre in THT 440 a3. The s above it is also written very shoddily.

References

Online access

IDP: THT 2698

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.