THT 3979
| Known as: | THT 3979; Prelim. No. 314 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 3979". 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-tht3979 (accessed 19 Nov. 2025). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Shorchuk |
| Expedition code: | Š 96 |
| 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: | 4 |
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 | /// – (–) ske ya ·l· – – – (–) – |
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| a2 | /// – a ntā kcaṃ • 1 bā hu taṃ cai va ge nt· |
| a3 | /// – – – kāṃ ta thā • ā paṃ su tu ri kaṃ e mte |
| a4 | /// 20 7 |
| b1 | /// [b]· d[dh]a s[e] na bha d· nta ā cā rya dha rma seṃ na a yaṃ ṣā rmna rū |
| b2 | /// – rśśaṃ ri yaṃ ywā rcka – ña k[t]a śi lā |
| b3 | /// ha – ·ṃ – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// – – ske ya ·l· – – – – – |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// – a ntā kcaṃ • 1 bāhu taṃ caiva ge nt· |
| a3 | /// – – – kāṃ tathā • ā paṃ su tu ri kaṃ emte |
| a4 | /// 20-7 |
| b1 | /// b· ddha sena bha d· nta ācārya dharmaseṃna ayaṃ ṣā rmna rū |
| b2 | /// – rśśaṃ riyaṃ ywārcka – ña kta śi lā |
| b3 | /// ha – ·ṃ – /// |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 3979; TITUS: THT 3979
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №3979
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
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 “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.”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.
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.




