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IOL Toch 156

Known as:	IOL Toch 156; H 149.add.118; B.118
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 156". 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-ioltoch156 (accessed 13 May 2026).
Edition
Editor:	Michaël Peyrot
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
Size (h × w):	9.5 × 15.9 cm
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	po staṃ kau ce ra ntra 20 2 o ko¯ ¯ś wno lmi la ṅks[e] ntra – ///
a2	ṣa rmtsa o ko klyau ṣa lle se te ca mpaṃ ka rsa tsi cwi sā – ///
a3	sa lyai sa su sta mo¯ ¯yä kau¯ ¯cä lkā s̝aṃ wno [l]· ///
a4	mtra yā mo rnta a kā¯ ¯lk ña ṣtra : ñä kcye śā mñe – ///
a5	ntau naṃ¯ ¯ts mai yya wro tsai : ka lpā s̝aṃ s[u] – ṣa rmtsa ñä· cye – ///
a6	– ·e ·e ·e [ya] ·ā ·e po ma ske ta¯ ¯r /// (–) /// ·e – [n]e – ///
lf	20 5
b1	m· – – – – ra (–) – nta ścä : mā ra ca /// (–) /// – ·c· ///
b2	ntra 20 6 se no yā mtra yā mo rnta śpā l[m]eṃ kre nta po ā· s· – ///
b3	pe rpe tte ra ynā ñmcai cwi ce ṣo tri sa : ka rsa na ///
b4	yyā tstsa śa nmnā raṃ śne : ka la ta rno e pyā ///
b5	stwe¯ ¯r : ma kte no ñi¯ ¯ś ceṃ tā rkau saṃ sā rṣa na la kle ntaṃ [t]· ///
b6	toṃ la kle nta ceṃ¯ ¯ts pa kā na wa rpo yma rcai tsa lpo ntra ///

Transcription

lf

20-5

a1	postäṃ kauc eränträ 20-2 okoś wnolmi läṅksenträ – ///
a2	ṣarmtsa oko klyauṣalle se te campäṃ karsatsi cwi sā – ///
a3	salyaisa su stamoy kauc lkāṣäṃ wnol(m)· ///
a4	°mträ yāmornta akālk ñaṣträ : ñäkcye śāmñe – /// (kre)¬
a5	¬ntaunaṃts maiyya wrotsai : kälpāṣäṃ su (te) ṣarmtsa ñä(k)cye – ///
a6	– ·e ·e ·e ya ·ā ·e po mäsketär /// – /// ·e – ne – ///
b1	m· – – – – rä – – ntaścä : mā ra ca° /// – /// – ·c· ///
b2	°nträ 20-6 se no yāmträ yāmornta śpālmeṃ krenta po ā·s· – ///
b3	perpette ra ynāñm cai cwi ce ṣotrisa : kärsana° /// (mai)¬
b4	¬yyātstsa śanmn āraṃśne : kalatär no epyā(c) /// (kä)¬
b5	¬stwer : mäkte no ñiś ceṃ tārkau saṃsārṣana läklentaṃt(s) ///
b6	toṃ läklenta ceṃts pakāna warpoymar cai tsälponträ ///

Other

a1	Die Menschen hängen sich an den Erfolg. (Schmidt 1974: 297)

Commentary

Remarks

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 233 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, and very clearly preserved, it is the left edge of a large six line manuscript".

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 156

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №156; Broomhead 1962: 233-234

Translations

Broomhead 1962: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (233-234); Carling 2000: a1 (75), b4 (190); Schmidt 1974: a1 (297)