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IOL Toch 263

Known as:IOL Toch 263; H 150.104; D.104
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 263". 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-ioltoch263 (accessed 19 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

Title of the work:kāśyapas (Broomhead)
Text genre:Literary

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Number of lines:6

Transliteration

a1/// – c· [n]t· – nai – ///
a2/// – sā wri tā te spe ltke – ///
a3/// mā te śi kṣā p❠¯t mā – ///
a4/// kusa rsā snai ke śo ī ·e ///
a5/// – neṃ śtwa rkā ¯s̝ p[r]eṃ ///
a6/// – ·i ///
b1/// – ///
b2/// a lye ṅkaṃ [20] [7] ///
b3/// ktsya lpā te śe rweṃ ś· ///
b4/// ce leṃ ce¯ ¯u kā śya peṃ – ///
b5/// ceṃ yā ta ṣṣā te ṣu – ///
b6/// – s̝a¯ ¯p sa hā srā – ///

Transcription

27xa1/// – nt(ä)nai – /// a2/// – sāw ritāte speltke – /// a3/// te śikṣāpāt – /// a4/// kusär snai keśo ī(t)e /// a5/// – neṃ śtwarkā preṃ /// a6/// – ·i /// b1/// – /// b2/// ; alyeṅkäṃ 20-7
*///
b3/// °k tsyalpāte śerweṃś· ///
b4/// celeṃ ceu kāśyapeṃ – ///
b5/// ceṃ yātäṣṣāte ṣu – ///
b6/// – ṣäp sahāsrā – ///

Commentary

Remarks

*According to Broomhead 1962: 133 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, and very clearly preserved, despite abrasion of some akṣaras. Remains of six lines visible." Cf. also Broomhead 1962: 310.

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008A1
Malzahn 2007aA4
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 263

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №263; Broomhead 1962: 133-134, 310