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THT 519

Known as:	THT 519; B 518; B 519; Bleistiftnummer 2671
Cite this page as:	"THT 519". 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-tht519 (accessed 09 Jun. 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQR 11
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Unidentified drama (with colophon)
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Drama
Verse/Prose:	prose; verse
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	9

Transliteration

a1	/// nts· sru ka· ñ· ///
a2	/// [p]ā tri wa sa sā¯ ¯u ṣka ska [ri] ṣṣeṃ wn· ///
a3	/// [ta] ka rṣkñe sa tā wne no siṃ [ha] ra [d]vī [p]· o ·o [l]· ///
a4	/// yśiṃ ne || pra ve śa kkā [ra] || ce po – [¯k] l· [p]ā ///
a5	/// [n]tsa yā ka re pai – – – – – – we ñā r[e] ///
a6	/// ·ā ne sa [e] kī – ·[e] ///

Transcription

a1	/// nts(e) sruka(l)ñ(e) ///
a2	/// pātri wasa sāu ṣkaska riṣṣeṃ wn· ///
a3	/// takarṣkñesa tāwne no siṃharadvīp(ṣy) o(n)ol(mi) ///
a4	/// yśiṃne ॥ praveśakk āra ॥ ce po(sta) k l· pā ///
a5	/// ntsa yākare pai – – – – – – weñāre ///
a6	/// ·ānesa ekī – ·e ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	Verso blank except some single akṣaras (writing exercise?).

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Tamai 2011	C1
Tamai 2011	C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 519; TITUS: THT 519

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 322

Translations

Thomas 1957: a4 (211), a5 (157)