THT 354
| Known as: | THT 354; B 354; Bleistiftnummer 4979 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 354". 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-tht354 (accessed 08 Mar. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kumtura |
| Specific find spot: | 2. Höhle |
| Expedition code: | T III Qu 9 |
| 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: | 3+ |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// m[e] rtā ko¯ ¯ytä ñi śā [p]sa : ce [wa] /// |
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| a2 | /// peṃ ñiṃ yä ksa na – [r]n· we ṣṣaṃ /// |
| a3 | /// e· ·e s̝s̝aṃ ma kte la l[ā] /// |
| b1 | /// p[o] ka rso rste kā /// |
| b2 | /// au rtse sa¯ ¯s̝ mā – s[k]au • pa kly[au¯] [¯s̝] /// |
| b3 | /// yo¯ ¯yä yä rpo nta¯ – kw[r]i ñ·i /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// mer tākoyt ñi śāpsa : ce wa /// |
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| a2 | /// peṃñiṃ yäksana(tä) rn(e) weṣṣaṃ /// |
| a3 | /// e· (w)eṣṣäṃ mäkte lalā /// |
| b1 | /// po kärsor ste kā /// |
| b2 | /// aurtsesa ṣ mā (we)skau • päklyauṣ /// |
| b3 | /// yoy yärponta – kwri ñ·i /// |
References
Online access
Edition
Translations
Schmidt 1974: a2 (481)
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Schmidt, Klaus T. 1974. “Die Gebrauchsweisen des Mediums im Tocharischen.” PhD, Universität Göttingen.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
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.
