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IOL Toch 47

Known as:IOL Toch 47; H 149.171; A.171
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 47". 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-ioltoch47 (accessed 16 Jun. 2026).

Edition

Editor:Michaël Peyrot

Provenience

Main find spot:Unknown
Collection:British Library (London)

Language and Script

Language:TB
Linguistic stage:archaic
Script:classical

Text contents

Text genre:Literary

Object

Manuscript:Y
Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):7.6 × 7 cm
Number of lines:6

Transliteration

a1/// [t]· ///
a2/// ·ū re ki 60-1 || bu ddha c· ///
a3/// tv· śle kñä kcye ksa śai ṣṣe ta ///
a4/// [ṣ]ṣ· ntse ka rtse yā m·i snai ///
a5/// [l]·o ro cceṃ ka – ///
a6/// ṣe ṣṣe ri – ///
b1/// ·y· sā¯ ¯r 4 ///
b2/// [m]· mai lle ṣai t· ///
b3/// wa so yä ṣṣā w· [o] n· l·[e] ///
b4/// – cceṃ te wpeṃ keṃ po ya ta [m]ai ///
b5/// li ne kuce ke wwa da kṣi ///
b6/// – [l]e ·ā ·ī l·a ·i – ///

Transcription

a1/// t· ///
a2/// ·ū reki 60-1 ॥ buddhac· ///
a3/// (bodhisa)tv(e) śle-k ñäkcye ksa śaiṣṣe tä° ///
a4/// (śai)ṣṣ(e)ntse kärtse yām(ts)i snai ///
a5/// l· orocceṃ ka – ///
a6/// ṣe ṣṣe ri – ///
b1/// ·y· sār 4 ///
b2/// m·m aille ṣai t· ///
b3/// °wa soyäṣṣāw· on(o)l(m)e ///
b4n1 /// (oro)cceṃ tewpeṃ keṃ po yatamai ///
b5/// (vaiśā)line kuce kewwa dakṣi(ṇākeṃ) ///
b6/// – le ·ā ·ī l·a ·i – ///

Commentary

Remarks

*According to Broomhead 1962: 208 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, and clearly preserved, the fragment is from the middle of a six line manuscript."

Philological commentary

n1yatamai for yātamai (Schmidt 1974: 40)

Alternative linguistic/paleographic classifications

Peyrot 2008A2
Tamai 2011C14

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 47

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №47; Broomhead 1962: 208-209

Translations

Broomhead 1962: a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 b1 b2 b3 b4 b5 b6 (208); Hackstein 1995: b5 (51); Schmidt 1974: b4 (40); Thomas 1957: b5 (229)