U 5208
| Known as: | U 5208 |
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| Cite this page as: | Martin Braun. "U 5208". 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-u5208 (accessed 14 Nov. 2025). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Martin Braun |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Unknown |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB; Old Turkic |
| Linguistic stage: | late |
| Script: | cursive |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Verse/Prose: | prose |
Object | |
| Following fragment: | U 5207 |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Scroll |
| Size (h × w): | 19.4 × 13.4 cm |
Transliteration
(continues on U 5207)
Transcription
| a1 | lalopo − − । saukana । usu । wināsisa । köẓönčlük {।} ·i(−)¬ |
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| a2 | ¬śke ॥ pankıya । pādapir । šosı । lalyesa । ünmištäki । esteye : ka¬ |
| a3 | ¬tıg । kärccitaki । ḅösäñäkkiyäsi । pṣāṃñe । tavıšġannıŋ । – |
| a4 | kkar stamoy । eligin sunsar । tomaṣṣe । tuprak yä(r) /// |
| a5 | °ktiśke । čočokkıya {।} kidi luwo । koŋuz । sarkoy । tartsar । bh· tr· /// |
| a6 | šassıda । yamutsentse । totinıŋ । lestaiṣ {।} uyasıŋa । sanai । (b)i(r) /// |
| a7 | pippaltsa । pidpidi üẓä । hanume । hanume ḅečen । taktsāntsa । u(vda)¬ |
| a8 | ¬čı । śrikrädviṣpaiype । oḍon elleg । moko । ulug । nāte s{t}ar-{n}e । i¬ |
| a9 | ¬šläšmäkiŋä {।} lyokkol । kep । hā wi । ya takı । ṣetkasta । a¬ |
| a10 | ¬rtdıŋ । yāyāṅko {।} s(a)vılmıš । truonta । täŋ । täkṣyäteṃ |
| a11 | oypsa-(ñ) । t(a)yar mäniŋ । yukti । körkḍäšin । wiyatär-{n}e : ö¬ |
| a12 | ¬gsiräyür anıŋ । paitārttsana । ḅuẓagulug । kre ra । muẓlug । ṣ ka¬ |
| a13 | ¬lnaśur । t(i)gi čogı । etswentsa {†ke} । katırlarka । {ke}karśuwa । yüḍürmi(š) |
| a14 | mokaṣṣ{a}-me । äymäntürdi olarnı । waṣākane । korkınčın äy(män)¬ |
| a15 | ¬čin । topi tessa । üküp urtı । śaiṣṣe āppamāt । čakikā । ā- |
(continues on U 5207)
Commentary
Remarks
| Verso in Chinese and two lines in Uyghur script. |
References
Edition
Maue 2015a: 499-507; Peyrot et al. 2019
Bibliography
Maue, Dieter. 2015a. Alttürkische Handschriften Teil 19: Dokumente in Brāhmī und tibetischer Schrift Teil 2. Vol. 13, 27. Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner. https://rep.adw-goe.de/handle/11858/00-001S-0000-0023-9AF0-7.
Peyrot, Michaël, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Jens Wilkens. 2019. “Vernaculars of the Silk Road - A Tocharian B–Old Uyghur bilingual.” Journal Asiatique 307: 65–90.


