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THT 3963

Known as:THT 3963; Prelim. No. 5367
Cite this page as:"THT 3963". 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-tht3963 (accessed 14 Mar. 2026).

Provenience

Main find spot:Sengim
Expedition code:S 65
Collection:Berlin Turfan Collection

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:5

Images

Transliteration

a1/// ·[y]· ñcai wa [se] n· ///
a2/// – • ba trā kka tai sa kw· ///
a3/// – lymi sa o śo ·e – lsko ·e ///
a4/// wa – – kaṃ mu s· ///
a5/// ma – ///
b1/// [a] – ///
b2/// – mu – pe lai kne – ///
b3/// – kwä rñi kcya w· no – ñi ·i ///
b4/// – rne ṣṣe a rha nte ñe pe ///
b5/// ga to ma hā pha ///

Transcription

a1/// ·y· ñcai wa se ///
a2/// – • ba trā kka taisa kw· ///
a3/// – lymisa o śo ·elsko ·e ///
a4/// wa – – kṣäṃ mu ///
a5/// ma – ///
b1/// a – ///
b2/// – mupelaikne – ///
b3/// – kwär ñikcya noñi ·i ///
b4/// – rne ṣṣe arhanteñe pe ///
b5/// gato mahā pha ///

References

other

Tamai 2007a: №3963

Online access

IDP: THT 3963; TITUS: THT 3963

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Tamai 2007a

Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007a. “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” Thesaurus indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan collection. 2007. http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/tht.htm.

TITUS

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.