THT 397

Known as:	THT 397; B 397; THT 1608.a; Prelim. No. 534
Cite this page as:	"THT 397". 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-tht397 (accessed 14 Jun. 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQ 17.37
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Passage:	Urbilvākāśyapa
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Unknown
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Manuscript:	THT 396-397
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// [w]· s̝s̝aṃ mā ga [dh]· – – – ·t· e re ///
a2	/// te ṣṣe a mā k· – – ¯s̝ ne sa lye kre [nt]· ///
a3	/// s̝s̝a[ṃ] \|\| ta ne wa l· – – – – – sta[¯] [¯]r ñi ///
a4	/// ·e sa yo – – ne ra mn[o] rṣā keṃ ///
b1	///
b2	/// kā re – – – mt· ///
b3	/// ṣṣī mn[e] s[e] – – – – mā – wa¯ ¯t [u] – [lv]· ///
b4	/// [pre] ks̝aṃ \|\| pa ṇḍu rā – [ññ]· n· \|\| kuse ly· lyko rme· ///
b5	/// \|\| u rbi lva k· – – – s̝[s̝]aṃ \|\| ///

a1	/// w(e)ṣṣäṃ māgadh· – – – ·t· ere ///
a2	/// teṣṣe amāk· – – ṣ nesalye krent· ///
a3	/// ṣṣäṃ ॥ tane wal· – – – – – stär ñi ///
a4	/// ·esa yo – – ne ram no rṣākeṃ ///
b1	///
b2	/// kāre – – – mt· ///
b3	/// ṣṣīmne se – – – – mā – wat u(rbi) lv(a) ///
b4	/// prekṣäṃ ॥ paṇḍurā(ṅkä)ññ(e)n(e) ॥ k_use ly(e)lykorme(ṃ) ///
b5	/// ॥ urbilvak(āśyape) (we)ṣṣäṃ ॥ ///

*	The original of this fragment was long registered as "missing". The original was re-identified under the new press mark THT 1608.a by Ilya Itkin (p.c. 16 May 2016). The main press mark will now again be THT 397.