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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 24 Jun. 2025).

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

Images

Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project and the British Library.

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 pt❠¯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 pe° ///
a3/// °ṣṣi rup warpalñe ṣotri ///
a4/// – sa waiptār ///
a5/// – sa – ///
b1/// nesalñ(e) ///
b2/// y·ṣṣe laklesa ///
b3/// °ñaiwästo-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

Bibliography

Broomhead 1962

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.

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Peyrot 2007

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.