THT 517
| Known as: | THT 517; B 517; Bleistiftnummer 2417 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 517". 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-tht517 (accessed 09 Sep. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kucha Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III M (Qyzil) 41.5 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Unidentified drama about the Buddha Śākyamuni |
| Passage: | Śuklodana and Amprätodana (Amitodana?) |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Drama |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 516-517 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
Images from idp.bbaw.de by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project Berlin, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| lf | 2 100 |
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| a1 | /// mi • su ra /// |
| a2 | /// tā pa ttä [ñ]· /// |
| a3 | /// a ñca li /// |
| a4 | /// (·)kr· mne • sā ṅka mpe ṣṣe śa ·[i] /// |
| a5 | klo da neṃ • a mpra to da neṃ tsa wa /// |
| a6 | la tte • || vaṃ śa vā tta rne || ne we sa /// |
| b1 | ṣkeṃ • ke ṣe yä¯ ¯rm lkā ṣṣi pa lyśi ke /// |
| b2 | rā¯ ¯m sa ṅkrā mne yo psa • la teṃ po /// |
| b3 | /// rsra yä nmoṃ ce¯ ¯wkä pa lsko /// |
| b4 | /// ·k· ra • ce /// |
| b5 | /// e ṣe pro [ta] /// |
| b6 | /// • ṣa nmī /// |
Transcription
| lf | 2-100 |
| a1 | /// mi • su ra /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | /// tāpattäñ· /// |
| a3 | /// añcali /// |
| a4 | /// ·kr· mne • sāṅkämp= eṣṣe śa·i /// |
| a5 | klodaneṃ • amprätodaneṃtsa wa /// |
| a6 | latte • ॥ vaṃśavāttärne ॥ newesa /// |
| b1 | ṣkeṃ • keṣe yärm lkāṣṣi palyśi ke /// |
| b2 | rām saṅkrāmne yopsa • lateṃ po /// |
| b3 | /// rs ra yänmoṃ cewk palsko /// |
| b4 | /// ·k· ra • ce /// |
| b5 | /// eṣe protä /// |
| b6 | /// • ṣanmī /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| The original manuscript is missing. For fragments the "THT 517 1. M 41.6" and "THT 517 2. M 41.7", see THT 1597.b and THT 1597.a, respectively. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 320-321
Translations
Carling 2000: b2 (156); Thomas 1957: b2 (214)
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd. 2000. Die Funktionen der lokalen Kasus im Tocharischen. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Sieg, Emil, and Wilhelm Siegling. 1953. Tocharische Sprachreste. Sprache B, Heft 2. Fragmente Nr. 71-633. Edited by Werner Thomas. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.
Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
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.
