THT 353
| Known as: | THT 353; B 353; Bleistiftnummer 4988 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 353". 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-tht353 (accessed 07 Mar. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kumtura |
| Specific find spot: | 2. Höhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Qu 8 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Female sage Śacī |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 352-354 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 4+ |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ṣṣ· ya rk[a] wa rpa lle tā ka¯ ¯t e /// |
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| a2 | /// || mcu ṣke we s̝s̝aṃ a ṣa nī ka /// |
| a3 | /// : ne mce¯ ¯k ri na s[ta¯] [¯r] /// |
| a4 | /// ñe te [pā] /// |
| b1 | /// w[e] s̝s̝aṃ || /// |
| b2 | /// m· ñ[e] [r]· : po śai ṣṣe ntse /// |
| b3 | /// k[k]ā ka : 1 || tu meṃ rṣā ke ma ñcu /// |
| b4 | /// pa rka ryai ytā ri ma sta la l[y]i /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ṣṣ· yarka warpalle tākat e /// |
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| a2 | /// ॥ mcuṣke weṣṣäṃ aṣanīka /// |
| a3 | /// : nemcek rinastär /// |
| a4 | /// ñe te pā /// |
| b1 | /// weṣṣäṃ ॥ /// |
| b2 | /// m· ñer· : po śaiṣṣentse /// |
| b3 | /// kkāka : 1 ॥ tumeṃ rṣāke mäñcu /// |
| b4 | /// pärkaryai ytāri masta lalyi /// |
References
Online access
Edition
Translations
Thomas 1957: b4 (185)
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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.
