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THT 584

Known as:	THT 584; B 584; Bleistiftnummer 2605
Cite this page as:	"THT 584". 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-tht584 (accessed 14 May 2026).
Provenience
Main find spot:	Kizil Ming-öy
Expedition code:	T III MQ 155.1
Collection:	Berlin Turfan Collection
Language and Script
Language:	TB
Linguistic stage:	classical
Script:	classical
Text contents
Title of the work:	Writing exercise (?)
Text genre:	Unknown
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Number of lines:	11

Transliteration

a1	/// – [ś]· m· – tu m· p· y· ///
a2	/// ke ktseṃ kā śya pu dña [kt]· ///
a3	/// [va] a rkaṃ yo pu nau ṣrī ///
a4	/// mai 2 | śa ri pu tre : pra ti ///
a5	/// tsa mai : pra ti ka pa ña ·e ///
a6	/// a sta nau ta reṃ 4 ś[o] pi ///
a7	/// e [ñ]·[a] re ku va : i kaṃ kuśā ·e ///
a8	/// pa lā mai ṣpa : ñuṃ [ṣ]u ///
a9	/// – [t]la va : ka rveṃ śu – ///
a10	/// [yo] lai ña tse cai ///
a11	/// – [pā] va pe ·[e] ///
b1	/// s[ā] rtha vā ///
b2	/// ka śya pā : ya l·e ///
b3	/// śya paṃ : pa tte kṣa ///
b4	/// ṣaṃ vai ke ve ṣa ma ///
b5	/// sā v· tu sa yña [kte]· ///
b6	/// yśa mna cmi m[ra] mla ke ///
b7	/// 8 ma dhu va si ṣṭā : vai śa l[i] ///
b8	/// ke śi ṣe ye ma : ya ma ṣa mai ///
b9	/// [ka] ṣi ma rme ya yā sa ṣa p[l]· ///

Transcription

a1	/// – ś·m· – tum(eṃ) p(o)y(śi) ///
a2	/// kektseṃ kāśyapudñakt· ///
a3	/// va arkaṃ yopu nauṣ rī ///
a4	/// mai 2 । śariputre : prati ///
a5	/// tsamai : pratika-paña(kt)e ///
a6	/// asta nautare-ṃ 4 śopi ///
a7	/// eñ·are kuva : ikaṃ kuśā(n)e ///
a8	/// palāmai ṣpa : ñuṃṣu ///
a9	/// – tlava : karveṃ śu – ///
a10	/// yolaiñatse cai ///
a11	/// – pāva pe·e ///
b1	/// sārthavā ///
b2	/// kaśyapā : yal·e ///
b3	/// śyapaṃ : patt ekṣa ///
b4	/// ṣaṃ vaike veṣam a ///
b5	/// sāv(a) tusa yñakte(ṃ) ///
b6	/// yśamna cmimra mlake ///
b7	/// 8 madhuvasiṣṭā : vaiśali ///
b8	/// keśi ṣeyema : yamaṣa-mai ///
b9	/// kaṣimarme yayāsaṣa pl· ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	The leaf has no pre-drawn lines which makes it difficult to read the more due, the more since it has eleven lines in a crammed, small script type, which is somewhat clumsy. Very remarkable is the absence of fremdzeichen and the use of 〈v〉 for 〈w〉 and 〈ṃ〉 for all kinds of nasal. Accordingly, it may be a writing exercise, which may also explain the unusual numbering and punctuation.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Tamai 2011	L2
Tamai 2011	C14

References

Online access

IDP: THT 584; TITUS: THT 584

Edition

Sieg and Siegling 1953: 368-369