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THT 343
| Known as: | THT 343; THT 1585.b; B 343 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 343". 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-tht343 (accessed 08 Jun. 2026). |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
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| Expedition code: | T III MQR, T III MQ 44.7 |
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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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| Add. linguistic characteristics: | classical |
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| Script: | archaic |
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Text contents |
| Title of the work: | Unidentified Jātaka |
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| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
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| Verse/Prose: | verse |
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Object |
| Manuscript: | THT 338-344 |
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| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Number of lines: | 5=7 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// k[u] ts[e] yā mi ṅke 40 2 /// |
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| a2 | /// ś[t]w· ra wä nta rwa e mpreṃ /// |
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| a3 | /// śle yna mña nā ślye ṣlyä mña /// |
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| a4 | /// s̝pa rka stsi 40 – /// |
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| a5 | /// |
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| b4 | /// ñca ra ṣā ka [ññ]· /// |
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| b5 | /// [m]ta ñä śt[w]e kau tsi pa /// |
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| b6 | /// – lle ā kā lta¯ ¯ñ ysa mo /// |
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| b7 | /// ke rccä po au sū e [r]s· /// |
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Transcription
Commentary
Remarks
| * | Edited as no. 343 in Sieg and Siegling 1953: 224, the fragment now has the pressmark THT 1585.b. On IDP, recto and verso are reversed. This mansucript is basically written in the common archaic script type, but it already shows standard-shaped signs beside the old ones (e.g., open-shaped 〈ma〉 beside closed-shaped); cf. Malzahn 2007a: 264. |
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Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
References
Online access
IDP: THT 343, THT 1585b; TITUS: THT 343
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 224
Translations
Thomas 1979d: a3 (158)
