IOL Toch 172
| Known as: | IOL Toch 172; H 149.add.127; B.127 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 172". 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-ioltoch172 (accessed 15 Feb. 2026). |
Edition | |
| Editor: | Michaël Peyrot |
| Date of online publication: | 2016-06-17 |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Unknown |
| Collection: | British Library (London) |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Text subgenre: | Syllabary |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Size (h × w): | 7 × 12.1 cm |
| Number of lines: | 3 |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// tsña rtsa tsṛ tsṝ tsa¯ ¯m• tsa ḥ ttsa ttsya ttsra |
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| a2 | /// [y]· nte a mo¯ ¯k ā ra • ṣa mā ne pu ṇya |
| a3 | /// knā tsa tā ko¯ ¯yä po cme la ne jā |
| a4 | /// p[o] yśi ññe ai śa mñe sa ka rso¯ ¯yä || |
| b1 | /// ś· su ta ne su t❠¯ś pai |
| b2 | /// rñe pe rne ṣe a kā la tse |
Transcription
| a1 | /// tsña rtsa tsṛ tsṝ tsam tsaḥ ttsa ttsya ttsra |
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| a2 | /// y·nte amok āra • ṣamāne puṇya |
| a3 | /// °knātsa tākoy po cmelane jā° |
| a4 | /// poyśiññe aiśamñesa karsoy ॥ |
| b1 | /// °ś· su tane su tāś pai° |
| b2 | /// °rñe perneṣe akālatse |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| The verso contains only two big lines in another hand. |
References
Online access
Edition
Peyrot 2007: №172; Broomhead 1962: 3
Translations
Thomas 1957: a2 (212)
Bibliography
Broomhead, J.W. 1962. “A textual edition of the British Hoernle, Stein and Weber Kuchean manuscripts. With transliteration, translation, grammatical commentary and vocabulary. I = Edition.” PhD, Cambridge: Trinity College.
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Peyrot, Michaël. 2007. “An edition of the Tocharian fragments IOL Toch 1 – IOL Toch 822 in the India Office Library.” International Dunhuang Project. 2007. http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=Peyrot_2007.
Thomas, Werner. 1957. Der Gebrauch der Vergangenheitstempora im Tocharischen. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.




