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IOL Toch 1048

Known as:IOL Toch 1048
Cite this page as:Adrian Musitz (transcription transliteration translation). "IOL Toch 1048". 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-ioltoch1048 (accessed 23 Jan. 2026).

Edition

Editor:Adrian Musitz (transcription transliteration translation)

Provenience

Main find spot:Unknown
Collection:British Library (London)

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:classical
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī

Images

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Transliteration

a1/// tsa na s[ā] – ///
a2/// blank rṣṣa na a rā r· • ///
a3/// blank ·e lyi kṣe ·e ///
a4/// blank ñcai • se pi [lko] ///
a5/// lkñi kñī ta¯ ¯r te pa [m]nts· ///
b1/// ntaṃ¯ ¯ts ñe mna we ñau ///
b2/// blank ka nt· 3 || ṣka – ///
b3/// blank ka 5 || ko – ///
b4/// blank mo ko nä ntsa 5 ///
b5/// – la [kl]· ///

Transcription

a1/// tsana – ///
a2/// rṣṣana arār(e) • ///
a3/// ·e lyi kṣe ·e ///
a4/// ñcaise pilko ///
a5/// (akā)lk ñi kñītär te pamnts· ///
b1/// ntaṃts ñemna weñau ///
b2/// känt(e) 3 ॥ ṣka(s) ///
b3/// 5 ॥ ko – ///
b4/// mokonäntsa 5 ///
b5/// – lakl(e) ///

Translation

a1+... the... ceased...
a3+... this view...
a4+May my wish be fulfilled...
a5+I will say the names of...
b1+... hundred 3....
b2... six...
b3+... by the elders (?) 5...
b4+... suffering...

Other

b1I will state the names of the … (Peyrot 2013b: 656)

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 1048

Edition

Tamai 2007: №1048

Translations

Peyrot 2013b: b1 (656)

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Peyrot 2013b

Peyrot, Michaël. 2013b. The Tocharian subjunctive. A study in syntax and verbal stem formation. Vol. 8. Brill’s Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics. Leiden/Boston: Brill.

Tamai 2007

Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007. “An edition of the Tocharian fragments IOL Toch 853 – IOL Toch 1247 in the India Office Library, London.” The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online. 2007. http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=Tamai_2007.