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IOL Toch 159

Known as:	IOL Toch 159; H 149.add.114; B.114
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 159". 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-ioltoch159 (accessed 14 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
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	6.4 × 9.5 cm
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// lyā ka s[ā]¯ ¯u ṣa nmī rśke sa lpa ra¯ ¯mt pū wa rsa ma – ///
a2	/// sa yo ktsi ra śmā ne tā¯ ¯u• pa dū me rsnā ṣṣai 10 [6] ///
a3	/// [t]e ka lṣa mñe ṣṣe no ṅka kau ta cce : śā nmya te ///
a4	/// [¯]ts la kle ntaṃ¯ ¯ts śa ktā lye yo lo śśai ṣṣeṃ tse : y· ///
a5	/// ki po ai śi ntse sna ya llai kne sa : pa pā ṣṣo ///
b1	/// ra a bhā jaṃ o¯ ¯t [s]ū : 10 9 ko· [t]· yśa rī rcc· pa t[s]· ///
b2	/// – ¯p la kle nta : tū sa mā ai kne ta ñe ṅka l· ///
b3	/// tsa ktsyau ntsa te ne : yai nmu sa trai ke sā¯ ¯u wñā ne – ///
b4	/// [p]· lska ce¯ ¯u pre ke : wro cce ma skwa meṃ ce la ntsi ñī ///
b5	/// 2 kuse sū śau la nma ṣṣe pī to sa ma skai ce wro cceṃ la ///

Transcription

a1	/// lyāka sāu ṣanmīrśke salpa ramt pūwarsa ma – ///
a2	/// °sa yoktsi ra śmāne tāu padūm ersnāṣṣai 10-6 ///
a3	/// te kälṣamñeṣṣe no ṅk= akautacce : śānmyate ///
a4	/// °ts läklentaṃts śäktālye yolo śśaiṣṣeṃtse : y· ///
a5	/// °ki po aiśintse snay allaiknesa : papāṣṣo° ///
b1	/// °rä abhājaṃ ot sū : 10-9 ko·t·y śarīrcc(e) pat s· ///
b2	/// – p läklenta : tūsa mā aikne tañ eṅkäl(nta) ///
b3	/// tsaktsy auntsate-ne : yainmusa traike sāu wñā-ne – ///
b4	/// p(a)lska ceu preke : wrocce maskwameṃ ce lantsi ñī ///
b5	/// 2 kuse sū śaulanmaṣṣe pītos= amaskai ce wrocceṃ la° ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 229 "[w]ritten in small ductus, and very clearly preserved it is from the middle of a five line manuscript".

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 159

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №159; Broomhead 1962: 229-230

Translations

Broomhead 1962: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 (229-230); Krause 1952: b3 (112); Thomas 1954: b3 (711)