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THT 297.c

Known as:	THT 297.c; B 297; B 297 Frgm. 2
Cite this page as:	"THT 297.c". 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-tht297c (accessed 20 May 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Toyuk
Expedition code:	T II T 2
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	late
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Kāvya
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 297
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī

Transliteration

a1	tre nau ṣwe cce śtwā rā ka nte ña ṅka ṣk· ///
a2	¯ts wi n[ā] sko || ta tha ka rā ///
a3	///
b1	[r]· – – || m· tr· ñ· mtsa k· ///
b2	ke ke nu ma ñu pa rma ṅ[k]i [p]i [ś]m· ///
b3	ci wi nā sko tu ṣi¯ ¯t ñi kcye śai ///

Transcription

a1	tre nauṣw ecce śtwārā känte ñaṅka ṣk· ///
a2	ts wināsko ॥ tatha karā ///
a3	///
b1	r· – – ॥ m(i)tr(e) ñ(e)mtsa k· ///
b2	kekenu mañu parmaṅki piśm· ///
b3	ci wināsko tuṣit ñikcye śai ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	In one frame with THT 297.a and THT 297.b. The leaf is in portrait, not landscape format. However, just as with a poṭhī leaf, it is to be flipped horizontally, not vertically as with Old Uyghur or European style books. On IDP, recto and verso are reversed.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008	L
Tamai 2011	C1
Tamai 2011	C14

References

other

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 189

Online access

IDP: THT 297c; TITUS: THT 297