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IOL Toch 208

Known as:	IOL Toch 208; H add.149.89; C.89
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 208". 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-ioltoch208 (accessed 09 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
Text subgenre:	Drama
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	11.4 × 8.9 cm
Number of lines:	9

Transliteration

a1	/// ka [l]· ka s̝s̝a· r· (–) p· ka ts· pa [ls]· ///
a2	/// – sai [nu] yu lyka w· s̝s̝aṃ kā lśka lau ka ///
a3	/// wä nta re mā te snai s̝a¯ ¯rm ste || pra ///
a4	/// [ka]· ma s̝s̝a[ṃ]¯ ¯ñä rma mñe mpe ṣe : kuce ne ///
a5	/// [ñ]c[aṃ] kca ṅke || tu meṃ p[u] ro hi te ṣe ///
a6	/// ··ṃ la ma tsi śya kne ya ma s̝aṃ || [t]· ///
a7	/// sa mñcu ṣkeṃ lkā ske ma ne ā ///
a8	/// lko pa lsko ka rkau ca na – ///
a9	/// – ·i ṣe s·e pi ke t·e ///
b1	/// – [n]t· [||] [l]· – [k]· ·[s]· kau¯ ¯cä e re tra [pu] ///
b2	/// – au ce pe rne wse ja m[b]u ·[i] ///
b3	/// yä ssi : saṃ sā ra ntse ma ṅkā ///
b4	/// yke po staṃ kuce ce pa raṃ ta rne ///
b5	/// [n]maṃ¯ ¯ts krui ñe¯ ¯m tā ko¯ ¯yä śai ṣṣe ///
b6	/// ·[ā] mñcu ṣkeṃ o [n]tso yä cce pi lko sa ///
b7	/// k[r]e ntau na cce pi śau mo ṣṣe pi ylai ///
b8	/// – tu meṃ wa lo p·a ktu ka ññai śau śaṃ ///
b9	/// n[e] pre b·ā hma – n[ts]e la ma [t]·i – ///

Transcription

a1	/// ka l(a)käṣṣä(ṃ) r· – p· kä ts· päls· ///
a2	/// – sai nu yulyka w(e)ṣṣäṃ kālśka lauka ///
a3	n1 /// wäntare mā te snai ṣärm ste ॥ pra° ///
a4	/// kä(n)maṣṣäṃ-ñ rmamñemp= eṣe : kuce ne ///
a5	/// °ñcaṃ kca ṅke ॥ tumeṃ purohite ṣe ///
a6	/// ··ṃ lamatsiś yakne yamaṣäṃ ॥ t· ///
a7	/// °sa mñcuṣkeṃ lkāskemane ā° ///
a8	/// °lko palsko kärkauca na – ///
a9	/// – ·i ṣes(k)epi ket·e ///
b1	n2 /// – nt· ॥ l· – k· ·s· kauc ereträ pu ///
b2	/// – auce pernew se jambu(dv)i(p) ///
b3	/// °yässi : saṃsāräntse maṅkā(l) ///
b4	/// yke-postäṃ kuce ce paräṃ tarne ///
b5	/// °nmaṃts krui ñem tākoy śaiṣṣe ///
b6	/// ·ā mñcuṣkeṃ ontsoyäcce pilkosa ///
b7	/// krentaunaccepi śaumoṣṣepi ylai(-ñäktentse) ///
b8	/// – tumeṃ walo p(l)aktukäññai śauśäṃ ///
b9	/// (e)nepre b(r)āhma(ṇe)ntse lamat(s)i – ///

Commentary

Philological commentary

*	A small piece from the recto is flapped over at the upper right corner of the verso.
n1	Probably prasenajit tune (7+7), because praśantahār (5+6) is excluded.
n2	[pu]: "kaucä\ eretra [pu]" is added in cursive script under the line.

Remarks

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 117 "[w]ritten in medium sized ductus, the manuscript contains nine lines and is slightly abraded on the recto, and a little worse on the verso."

References

full

Broomhead 1962: 118-119

Miscellaneous

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 208

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №208; Broomhead 1962: 117