THT 373.a
| Known as: | THT 373.a; THT 373; B 373; Bleistiftnummer 4991 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 373.a". 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-tht373 (accessed 08 Dec. 2025). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kumtura |
| Expedition code: | T III Qu 6 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Unidentified Jātaka |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 373 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// lne te mttsa t(·) • ma kte au [ki] /// |
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| a2 | /// [ñ]k[a] tru ññe te ri ṣpyā r[ta] /// |
| a3 | /// n[o] ka¯ ¯s̝ tā wa¯ ¯k /// |
| a4 | /// [t]e m[t](·) te • ma kte pyau t(·) /// |
| a5 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// ṣ(·) m[e] kca pre ke [n](·) /// |
| b3 | /// na s̝pa ne meṃ ā ksa cau /// |
| b4 | /// tte mi ñcu ṣke ne sa /// |
| b5 | /// ·[ā]¯ ¯l yau kkā te ne • tu meṃ /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// lne temttsat(e) • mäkte auki /// |
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| a2 | /// ñ katruññe teri ṣpyārta /// |
| a3 | /// no ka ṣ tāwak /// |
| a4 | /// temt(tsa)te • mäkte pyaut(ka) /// |
| a5 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// ṣ(e)me kca preken(e) /// |
| b3 | /// na ṣpänemeṃ āksa cau /// |
| b4 | /// tte miñcuṣke nesa /// |
| b5 | /// ·āl yaukkāte-ne • tumeṃ /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| Dated 11.02.1906 |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C3 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 373a, THT 373b, THT 373c; TITUS: THT 373
Edition
Translations
Carling 2000: b2 (283); Thomas 1957: a1 (97), a2 (97), a4 (97, 236), b3 (97), b5 (97)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktionen der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
“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.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
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.
