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IOL Toch 237

Known as:IOL Toch 237; H add.149.112; C.112
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 237". 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-ioltoch237 (accessed 21 Jan. 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
Text subgenre:Medicine/Magic

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):6.4 × 4.4 cm
Number of lines:7

Images

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

Transliteration

a1/// [l]l· • – ///
a2/// [b]· ra lo dra ///
a3/// ·[rā] dha tva co • pre ///
a4/// ko • pi sau • we ///
a5/// ·e se kra yo ka [le] ///
a6/// [m]e do • ma dhu – ///
a7/// [le] r[s]a ///
b1/// l· ///
b2/// – ñci no [•] ś[a] va – ///
b3/// [||] pi sau • ca ndā ///
b4/// – ka la ma s̝s̝aṃ || – ///
b5/// – lle śle mī¯ ¯t ///
b6/// mi lā rṣe – ///
b7/// kaṃ te – ///

Transcription

a1/// ll· • – ///
a2/// (śa)b(a)ralodrä ///
a3/// ·rā dha tvacopre ///
a4/// kopisauwe° ///
a5/// ·e sek ra yokäle ///
a6/// medomadhu – ///
a7/// le rsa ///
b1/// ///
b2/// – ñcinośava – ///
b3/// ॥ pisaucandā° ///
b4/// – lamäṣṣäṃ ॥ – ///
b5/// – lle śle mīt ///
b6/// milārṣe – ///
b7/// kaṃte – ///

Commentary

Remarks

*Broomhead 1962: 50: "It is in quite clear state of preservation. Written in a medium ductus of awkward and somewhat untutored style".

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Malzahn 2007aA5
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 237

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №237; Broomhead 1962: 50-51

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.

Malzahn 2007a

Malzahn, Melanie. 2007a. “The most archaic manuscripts of Tocharian B and the varieties of the Tocharian B language.” In Instrumenta Tocharica, edited by Melanie Malzahn, 255–97. Heidelberg: Winter.

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.

Tamai 2011

Tamai, Tatsushi. 2011. Paläographische Untersuchungen zum B-Tocharischen. Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft 138. Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen.