THT 97
| Known as: | THT 97; B 97; Bleistiftnummer 2345 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 97". 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-tht97 (accessed 16 Mar. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQ 23.6 Frgm. 2 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Title of the work: | Araṇemijātaka |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
| Verse/Prose: | prose; verse |
Object | |
| Manuscript: | Araṇemi δ |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 5 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | ṣe sa ṣe r[ā] /// |
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| a2 | mpā weṃ • mpa /// |
| a3 | i śś· mma /// |
| a4 | ko¯ ¯s ce a /// |
| a5 | tsaṃ tā k[o] /// |
| lf | 100 50 1 |
| b1 | || ṣ[ai] nau s̝ /// |
| b2 | ye ṣai yā /// |
| b3 | su da rśa [ne] /// |
| b4 | no su da rśa /// |
| b5 | lśke mpa [t]· /// |
Transcription
| lf | 100-50-1 |
| a1 | ṣesa ṣer ā /// |
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| a2 | mpā weṃ • mpa /// |
| a3 | iśś(a)mma /// |
| a4 | kos ce a /// |
| a5 | tsaṃ tāko /// |
| b1 | ॥ ṣai nauṣ /// |
| b2 | ye ṣai yā /// |
| b3 | sudarśane /// |
| b4 | no sudarśa /// |
| b5 | lśkempa t· /// |
Commentary
Remarks
| In one frame with THT 96 and THT 98. Fragment THT 96 presumably belongs to the same leaf. On IDP, recto and verso are reversed. |
Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications
| Tamai 2011 | C1 |
| Tamai 2011 | C14 |
References
other
Sieg and Siegling 1953: 33-34
Online access
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.
