THT 385

Known as:	THT 385; B 385; Bleistiftnummer 2048
Cite this page as:	"THT 385". 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-tht385 (accessed 11 May 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Sengim
Expedition code:	T II S 72.2
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:	verse
Meter:	543 (1x), 436 (1x), 543 (1x), 436 (1x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 384-387
Preceding fragment:	THT 384
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	6+

Transliteration

(continues from THT 384)

a1	/// śtwā ra we rts[i] y· o lya [po] ///
a2	/// ṣṣa nme pa rma ṅksa yā mta rme ///
a3	/// kta nī keṃ kā ka o¯ ¯t pre k·i ·e ko ///
a4	/// tta ṅ[ka] • po s[ta] nmeṃ • krui ñä ///
a5	/// me – sa tro ppo ma [n]· ///
a6	///
b1	/// e k· ·m· ///
b2	/// no [la] kṣā nta s̝pa [p]e ///
b3	/// wo lo śi tra tri kau wra[¯] [¯mtä] ///
b4	/// pe rne rñe o ro tra • pā nto pa rma ṅko ///
b5	/// 30 7 tu meṃ pū dñä kte kau ///
b6	///

(continues from THT 384)

Xx	/// śtwāra wertsiy(aṃ) olyapo ///
Xx	a2/// ṣṣanme pärmaṅksa yāmtärme ///
Xx	a3/// ktanīkeṃ kāka ot prek(ṣ)i(-n)e ko ///
Xx	a4/// ttaṅkä • postänmeṃ •
Xx	kr_ui ñä ///
Xx	a5/// me – sa troppoman(e) ///
Xx	a6/// b1/// ek(a) ·m· ///
Xx	b2/// no lakṣānta ṣpä pe ///
36a	b3
36b	/// wolośiträ trikauw ramt ///
37a	b46σ /// pernerñe ; oroträ •
37b	pānto pärmaṅko ; /// 7σ
37d	25σ b5/// 30-7
38a	tumeṃ pūdñäkte ; kau /// 6σ

b4	... der Glanz hört auf. (Schmidt 1974: 99)