THT 602.a
| Known as: | THT 602.a; B 60; B 601; THT 602; Bleistiftnummer 2357 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 602.a". 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-tht602 (accessed 17 Jan. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kucha |
| Specific find spot: | 7th cave, 2nd ravine |
| Expedition code: | T III Ku 2 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | THT 602 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 3=5 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ma ktā wkca śa mñā /// |
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| a2 | /// [p]ai yye pai yye sa /// |
| a3 | /// [ś]k[e] ntse ka llo¯ ¯ymä /// |
| a4 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// mā wa lkke ṅk[y]a /// |
| b3 | /// ·yw· mā po yā ta¯ ¯ñcä /// |
| b4 | /// h[ā] ai śau mye [s]e /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// mäktāw kca śamñā /// |
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| a2 | /// paiyye paiyyesa /// |
| a3 | /// śkentse källoym /// |
| a4 | /// |
| b1 | /// |
| b2 | /// mā walkke ṅky a /// |
| b3 | /// ·yw· mā po yātañc /// |
| b4 | /// hā aiśaumye se /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| In one frame with THT 602.b; edited as fragment 1 apud no. 602 in Sieg and Siegling 1953: 384-385. Note that the small fragments edited sub no. fragment 3 by Sieg/Siegling can now be found under the pressmarks THT 1533.a–THT 1533.g. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
Online access
Edition
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 384-385
Bibliography
“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.
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.
