THT 291.b
| Known as: | THT 291.b; B 291 Frgm.; Bleistiftnummer 2664 |
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| 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 24 May 2025). |
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 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// [k]l· – ·ts· /// |
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| 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]· /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// kl· – ·ts· /// |
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| 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 kuse ak·ṣṣi – – śaiṣṣene ne /// |
| b5 | /// o – – – – k· /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| The whole fragment, but especially the verso, is badly abraded (Sieg and Siegling 1953: 182 edited only the recto). |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Peyrot 2008 | A2 |
| 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.
