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IOL Toch 177

Known as:	IOL Toch 177; H add.149.61; C.61
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 177". 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-ioltoch177 (accessed 21 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):	7.6 × 5.7 cm
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	/// tkwaṃ tsa ñe spo rto tra se [ś]· ///
a2	/// pa ñä kte pī śā ntseṃ mā [p]e ///
a3	/// ṣ[ṣ]i ru pwa rpa lñe ṣo tri ///
a4	/// – sa wai ptā¯ ¯r ///
a5	/// – sa yā – ///
b1	/// ne sa [lñ]· ///
b2	/// [y]· ṣṣe la kle sa ///
b3	/// ñ[ai] • wä sto yä kne pī – ///
b4	/// – ske nte kle śa nma ṣṣe – ///
b5	/// ā ñmtsa ai ka ri pī śā nt[s]i ///

Transcription

a1	/// (tsä)tkwaṃtsäñe sportoträ se ś· ///
a2	/// pañäkte pīś āntseṃ mā pe° ///
a3	/// °ṣṣi rup warpalñe ṣotri ///
a4	/// – sa waiptār ///
a5	/// – sa yā – ///
b1	/// nesalñ(e) ///
b2	/// y·ṣṣe laklesa ///
b3	/// °ñai • wästo-yäkne pī(ś) ///
b4	/// – skente kleśanmaṣṣe – ///
b5	/// āñmtsa aikari pīś āntsi ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 297 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, and clearly preserved, part of a five line manuscript".

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 177

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №177; Broomhead 1962: 297