THT 374.a

Known as:	THT 374.a; B 374; Bleistiftnummer 4980
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "THT 374.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-tht374a (accessed 15 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kumtura
Expedition code:	T III Qu 10
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Jātaka/Avadāna
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 374
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	4

Transliteration

a1	/// rke ṣe¯ ¯k ye¯ ¯s lkā tsi : [v]· [bh]ā¯ ¯s̝ ri t[ta] ssi – – [¯]r ///
a2	/// – ñī ceṃ ○ lkā tsi : pr[e] ntse [t]o¯ ¯t ///
a3	/// mo rmeṃ ○ – r[ś]e a rhā nte ///
a4	/// – n[au] mi ye ntse [po] ·[u] ///
b1	/// – [•] la nte k· – [ś]·· m·[ṃ] – – ///
b2	/// [l]· – ○ [ṣ]·[e] [ka] mai – ·s· [t]·· ///
b3	/// lym[i] [n]· [se] ○ – – p[l]o ri [y]· – ///
b4	/// – [t]r· [w]· ñä kcy[eṃ] tu ña ṣṣeṃ – ma ka n[o] t·[a] [e] t·· k[au] [c]po – ///

a1	/// rke ṣek yes lkātsi : v(i)bhāṣ rittässi – – r ///
a2	/// – ñī ceṃ lkātsi : prentse tot ///
a3	/// (yā)mormeṃ (ā)rśe arhānte ///
a4	/// – naumiyentse po ·u ///
b1	/// – • lante k· – ś·· m·ṃ – – ///
b2	/// l· – ṣ·e ka mai – ·s· t·· ///
b3	/// (kä)lymin(t)se – – ploriy(aṃ) – ///
b4	/// – tr· w· ñäkcyeṃ tuñaṣṣeṃ – m{†ä} ka no t(s)a et(te) kauc po – ///

*	This fragment was edited as "Nr. 374" by Sieg and Siegling 1953: 247. It is not to be confused with THT 374.b line b4, which was been cited as "Nr. 374 Frgm.a" by Sieg and Siegling 1953: 247.

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