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IOL Toch 56

Known as:IOL Toch 56; H 149.210; A.210
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 56". 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-ioltoch56 (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

Object

Material: ink on paper
Form:Poṭhī
Size (h × w):6.4 × 7.6 cm
Number of lines:5

Images

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

Transliteration

a1/// (–) sk· ta¯ ¯r wpa lle ma ntrā kka śau mo ///
a2/// ·au pa l·e ī ke ma ske ta¯ ¯r ·[e] ///
a3/// – śau[¯] [¯]l – mta ntso • yaṃ mā [k]l·au ///
a4/// – – – mtā rme r· (–) – ///
a5/// – ///
b1/// – ///
b2/// (–) – ssa mo ñn· – – ///
b3/// – ·e spo [r]to ntra • o ko ///
b4/// – prā – – ma ntrā – te ·o – ///
b5/// – – lwā ke • p· kau – [lñ]· – – ///

Transcription

a1/// (mä)sk(e)tär wpalle mäntrākka śaumo ///
a2/// ·aupal(l)e īke mäsketär ·e ///
a3/// – śaulmtä ntsoyaṃ kl·au… ///
a4/// – – – mtā rme – – ///
a5/// – ///
b1/// – ///
b2/// – – ssamoñ – – ///
b3/// – ·e sportonträoko ///
b4/// – prā – – mäntrāte ·o – ///
b5/// – – lwāke kaulñ· – – ///

Commentary

Philological commentary

The reading wpalle in line a1 follows a suggestion by Melanie Malzahn.

Remarks

According to Broomhead 1962: 316 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, and badly abraded, probably the left edge of a four line manuscript".

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 56

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №56; Broomhead 1962: 316

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.