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IOL Toch 17
| Known as: | IOL Toch 17; H 149.48; A.48 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 17". 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-ioltoch17 (accessed 12 Jun. 2026). |
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Edition |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot |
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Provenience |
| Main find spot: | Unknown |
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| Collection: | British Library (London) |
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Language and Script |
| Language: | TB |
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| Linguistic stage: | classical |
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| Script: | classical |
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Text contents |
| Text genre: | Literary |
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| Text subgenre: | Jātaka/Avadāna |
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Object |
| Material: |
ink
on paper |
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| Form: | Poṭhī |
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| Size (h × w): | 7.6 × 8.9 cm |
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| Number of lines: | 4 |
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// – ne pa lsko ṣṣe nau mi [y]· /// |
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| a2 | /// ṣa ñke ktse¯ ¯ñä śi reṃ ye /// |
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| a3 | /// ·ṃ śkaṃ tsa wa rñai ·e /// |
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| a4 | /// w·ä lñe – /// |
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| b1 | /// – ¯m /// |
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| b2 | /// – a nti kke • pya [k]· /// |
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| b3 | /// ·u s̝s̝a[ṃ] ·pe ne || ṣeṃ nau s̝ka /// |
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| b4 | /// [rū] ṇī ke wä tkā ltse mā – /// |
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Transcription
Translation
| a1 | ... jewel of thought ... |
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| a2 | ... his own body (with) a sharp knife ... |
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| a3 | ... beginning with girls ... |
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| a4 | ... |
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| b1 | ... |
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| b2 | ... vicinity (?). ... stab ... |
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| b3 | ... || They were ... before ... |
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| b4 | ... compassionate ... resolute ... |
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Commentary
Remarks
| * | Subgenre uncertain. |
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| * | According to Broomhead 1962: 273 "[f]our lines written in large ductus, and very clearly preserved". |
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Philological commentary
| n1 | (śamñā)ṃśkaṃtsa: oṃ seem excluded. Moreover, instead of soṃśka one might perhaps expect sauśka in this late text. |
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| n2 | ṣeṃ: Perhaps ṣai is also possible. |
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References
Online access
IDP: IOL Toch 17
Edition
Peyrot 2007: №17; Broomhead 1962: 273
