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IOL Toch 251

Known as:IOL Toch 251; H 150.47; D.47
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 251". 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-ioltoch251 (accessed 06 Oct. 2024).

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:Jātaka/Avadāna

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:4

Images

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

Transliteration

a1/// lyiṃ ///
a2/// [p]u tka s̝s̝a lya ste – ///
a3/// [r]ka¯ ¯ñä ñi¯ ¯ś ta se ma ·[e] ///
a4/// le ne – ///
b1/// [la] kle¯ ¯ñä [i] ///
b2/// – pra bhā ka ra mcu ṣka – ///
b3/// ·e ne so rro¯ – ///
b4/// – wa ///

Transcription

a1/// lyiṃ ///
a2/// putkäṣṣälya ste – ///
a3/// …rkañ ñiś tasema(n)e ///
a4/// le ne – ///
b1/// läkleñ i… ///
b2/// – prabhākara mcuṣka – ///
b3/// ·ene sorro(mp) ///
b4/// – wa ///

Translation

a1...
a2... is to be divided.
a3... me ... comparable ...
a4...
b1... out of sorrow ...
b2... princess Prabhākarā ...
b3... down ...
b4...

Commentary

Remarks

According to Broomhead 1962: 334 "[w]ritten in large ductus, and very clearly preserved, four lines are visible, of which only two and three have much content".

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 251

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №251; Broomhead 1962: 334

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.