THT 557

Known as:	THT 557; B 557; Bleistiftnummer 2507
Cite this page as:	Adrian Musitz (translation). "THT 557". 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-tht557 (accessed 14 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Adrian Musitz (translation)
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQR, T III MQ 73.10
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	archaic
Script:	classical
Text contents
Text genre:	Literary
Text subgenre:	Doctrine
Verse/Prose:	verse
Meter:	43434 (4x)
Object
Manuscript:	THT 552-557
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	3=6

Transliteration

a1	ka la s̝a le t[ā] wpre śyai yne : [ta] ///
a2	o ko ne pa spā rtta ṣma te pra kr· : – ///
a3	– [śa] nma meṃ ○ yā mo r[nta] – ///
b4	/// ○ – – ///
b5	[s]t· ñiṃ¯ ¯ś ka¯ ¯s̝p la kle ce lk[o] yma ñi ñā k· ///
b6	so ñctā koṃ : 3 kreṃ¯ ¯nt yo lai n[o] ///

Xx	kälaṣäle tāw preśyaiyne :
Xx	tä /// 7σ a2 okone päspārttaṣ ma te prakr(e) :
Xx	– /// 7σ a3 (kle) śanmameṃ yāmornta – /// 4σ

b4	/// – – ///
b5	st· ñiṃś ka ṣp läkle ce lkoymä ñiñ= āk(ālksa) /// (skwa)¬
b6	¬soñc tākoṃ : 3 kreṃnt yolain o(ko) ///

a1	... is to be brought... that time.
a1+	... turning... on the fruit... not firm...
a2+	... from the Kleśas... the deeds...
b4+	... and (if?) I experienced suffering through my wish..., they would be delighted...
b6	The good and bad fruit...

*	In one frame with THT 556.