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THT 279
| Known as: | THT 279; B 279; Bleistiftnummer 2745 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 279". 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-tht279 (accessed 19 May 2026). |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
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| Specific find spot: | Rothkuppelraum |
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| Expedition code: | T III MQR 92 |
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| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | TB |
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| Linguistic stage: | archaic |
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| Script: | classical |
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Text contents |
| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Kāvya |
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| Verse/Prose: | verse |
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| Meter: | 434 (1x), 644 (1x), 434 (2x) |
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Object |
| Manuscript: | THT 279-280 |
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| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Number of lines: | 5 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | ṣṣi sā ñi ṣe¯ ¯k kra mtsi pre /// |
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| a2 | ṅkā tsi mā s̝a¯ ¯p pre ke : [ś]au /// |
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| a3 | pā trai ṣe¯ – /// |
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| a4 | tsi [r]au /// |
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| a5 | mñe ṣṣe /// |
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| lf | 4 |
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| b1 | ṅtsi ṣe – /// |
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| b2 | wä l[k]e /// |
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| b3 | 10 9 [c]e /// |
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| b4 | [ś]ma lle pre ke : ai śa mñ· /// |
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| b5 | a nai wa cceṃ la re naṃ ywā /// |
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Transcription
| 16a | 3σ a1ṣṣi ; sāñi ṣek ; krämtsi pre(ke) (:) |
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| 16b | /// 14σ |
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| 16c | 5σ a2ṅkātsi ; mā ṣäp preke : |
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| 16d | śau /// 10σ |
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| 17a | 11σ |
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| 17b | a3pātrai ṣe(k) /// 11σ |
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| 17c | 11σ |
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| 17d | a4tsirau /// 9σ |
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| 18a | 11σ |
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| 18b | 4σ a5mñeṣṣe /// 8σ |
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| 18c | 11σ |
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| 18d | 6σ b1ṅtsi ṣe(k) ; /// 3σ |
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| 19a | 11σ |
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| 19b | 10σ b2wälke /// 2σ |
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| 19c | 11σ |
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| 19d | 11σ b310-9 |
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| 20a | ce /// 10σ |
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| 20b | 10σ b4; śmälle preke : |
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| 20c | aiśamñ(e) /// 8σ |
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| 20d | 11σ |
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| 21a | b5anaiwacceṃ ; larenaṃ ; ywā /// 3σ |
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Commentary
Parallel texts
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
References
Online access
IDP: THT 279; TITUS: THT 279
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 170
Translations
Krause 1952: a1 (33); Schmidt 1974: a3 (365 n.1); Thomas 1952: b4 (33)
