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IOL Toch 179

Known as:	IOL Toch 179; H add.149.51; C.51
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 179". 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-ioltoch179 (accessed 12 Jun. 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):	6.4 × 9.5 cm
Number of lines:	5

Transliteration

a1	kteṃ ta tā ka s̝aṃ po skwa sso ntaṃ lkā ///
a2	skwa nma wa rpa ntra na no ṅke la kle sso ///
a3	ke eṃ ṣke ka tta ṅkaṃ se kṣā ra na di ne ///
a4	o¯ ¯t śo li ṣṣa ā¯ ¯p wraṃ tsai meṃ ma ske ///
a5	yä ltse nma tma ne nma sa nā keṃ au kaṃ a rṣā· [l]· ///
lf	80 9
b1	kre nta yā mo rnta ma ntā re wā ki s· s̝pa e nts· ///
b2	o mpa lsko ñe yne śya ma stra cwī o mpa ///
b3	staṃ tsa a ṣṭā ṅgo pe¯ ¯t wa¯ ¯r ta rka ///
b4	ka¯ ¯s̝ sa¯ ¯k ka lpā skeṃ eṃ ṣke sā¯ ¯u ā¯ ¯p ///
b5	cla na skeṃ to t·a sta nā meṃ śwa tsa [n]· ///

Transcription

lf

80-9

a1	°kteṃ tatākaṣäṃ po skwassontäṃ lkā° ///
a2	skwanma warpanträ nano ṅke läklesso° ///
a3	°ke eṃṣke kättaṅkäṃ se kṣāranadine ///
a4	ot śoliṣṣa āp wräṃtsaimeṃ mäske° ///
a5	yältsenma tmanenmasa nākeṃ aukäṃ arṣā(k)l(aṃ) ///
b1	krenta yāmornta mantāre wākis(a) ṣpä ents(e) ///
b2	ompalskoñe yneś yamasträ cwī ompa° ///
b3	°stäṃ tsa aṣṭāṅgopet war tärka° ///
b4	ka ṣ sak kälpāskeṃ eṃṣke sāu āp ///
b5	°c länaskeṃ tot(k)a stanāmeṃ śwatsan(ma) ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 240 "[w]ritten in small to medium ductus, and very clearly preserved, it is the left edge of a five line manuscript with the number '89' on the verso".

References

Full translation

Broomhead 1962: 240-241

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 179

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №179; Broomhead 1962: 240-241