THT 291.b

Known as:	THT 291.b; B 291 Frgm.; Bleistiftnummer 2664
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "THT 291.b". 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-tht291b (accessed 11 Jun. 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Specific find spot:	Rothkuppelraum
Expedition code:	T III MQR 13
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
Object
Manuscript:	THT 291
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

Transliteration

a1	/// [k]l· – ·ts· ///
a2	/// rts[e] ta pre meṃ klo yo ma ne stā m[m]e(·) ///
a3	/// tu me[ṃ] [ksa] mā [t]ri ka tsā meṃ sū l[n]a s̝s̝a(·) ///
a4	/// kle mp[e] lye sū [w]ä rpnā tra prā – ///
b1	/// – (·)[t]ra ///
b2	/// (–) – – (– –) [¯]p e [t]te[¯] [¯]śä ·[s]· ///
b3	/// – ā sta – – ñm[e] kwā – ka s̝pa pi ///
b4	/// ·e [kus]e [a] k· ṣṣi – – ś[ai] [ṣ]ṣe ne ne ///
b5	/// [o] – (– –) – [k]· ///

a1	/// kl· – ·ts· ///
a2	/// rtse täpremeṃ kloyomane stāmme(ṃ) ///
a3	/// tumeṃ ksa mātri katsāmeṃ sū lnaṣṣä(ṃ) ///
a4	/// (lä)kl= empelye sū wärpnāträ prā – ///
b1	/// – ·trä ///
b2	/// – – – – – p etteś ·s· ///
b3	/// – āsta – – ñ mekwā – kä ṣpä pi ///
b4	/// ·e k_use ak·ṣṣi – – śaiṣṣene ne ///
b5	/// o – – – – k· ///

*	The whole fragment, but especially the verso, is badly abraded (Sieg and Siegling 1953: 182 edited only the recto).