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IOL Toch 218

Known as:	IOL Toch 218; H add.149.92; C.92
Cite this page as:	Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 218". 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-ioltoch218 (accessed 18 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
Verse/Prose:	verse
Object
Material:	ink on paper
Form:	Poṭhī
Size (h × w):	8.9 × 9.5 cm
Number of lines:	6

Transliteration

a1	/// [lk]w· ñma ṣṣ· tse ṅ[ke] tra a [k]n· ///
a2	/// lko rmeṃ : ā ñma ñma [ṣṣ]· na wä nta [r]w· ///
a3	/// ṣe me ya kne sa pi lkwa ñma ṣṣe we s̝s̝a – ///
a4	/// te toṃ ta rya we we ñu 30 [5] ṣka [s]·au ///
a5	/// – tsa e kā¯ ¯ñm lkā s̝s̝aṃ eṃ [ṣ]·[e] ///
a6	/// – ·ā l[k]aṃ [:] o[¯] – ///
b1	/// – kn· [s]· ///
b2	/// ñye bhā jaṃ ra¯ ¯mt lkā s̝s̝a – ///
b3	/// ·[k]· s·[ṃ] ṣke śa ktre yeṃ : pi¯ ¯ś śa ktre y· – ///
b4	/// – pa lko rmeṃ 40 ṣe ta ryā ka śtwe rklau tke ///
b5	/// c·eṃ pe rne ceṃ wno lme nno 40-1 śa ko¯ ¯k[t] – ///
b6	/// – t·a sa pi śā ka [ṣ]e e kma k[t]e ///

Transcription

Xx	/// (pi)lkw (a)ñmaṣṣ(e) tseṅketrä akn· /// a2/// (pä)lkormeṃ :
35x	āñm añmaṣṣ(a)na wäntarw(a) /// a3/// ṣeme yaknesa pilkw añmaṣṣe weṣṣä – /// a4/// te toṃ tarya weweñu 30-5
Xx	ṣkas ·au /// a5/// – tsa ek āñm lkāṣṣäṃ eṃṣ(k)e /// a6/// – ālkaṃ :
Xx	o(t) /// b1/// – kn· s· /// b2/// °ñye bhājaṃ ramt lkāṣṣä – /// b3/// ·k· s·ṃ ṣke śak treyeṃ :
40x	piś śak trey(eṃ) – /// b4/// – pälkormeṃ 40
41x	ṣe täryāka śtwer klautke /// b5/// c·eṃ perne ceṃ wnolmenno 40-1
Xx	śak okt – /// b6/// – t·asa piśāka ṣe ek makte ///

Commentary

Remarks

*	According to Broomhead 1962: 254 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, and clearly preserved, though very faintly abraded verso, it is from the middle of a six line manuscript". He also identifies this fragment as folios 39-40 (op.cit.).

References

Full translation

Broomhead 1962: 254-255

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 218

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №218; Broomhead 1962: 254-255