IOL Toch 855
| Known as: | IOL Toch 855 |
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| Cite this page as: | Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 855". 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-ioltoch855 (accessed 19 Aug. 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 | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
| Verse/Prose: | verse |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
Images
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Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·ñ· /// |
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| a2 | /// ·y· – – lyñe 3 [po] kr· nt· – /// |
| a3 | /// po śai ṣṣe mā ri lyñe – /// |
| a4 | /// – ·e ī te [y]· ma ly[ñ]e /// |
| b1 | /// – – [l]ñ· 10 [n]o śa¯ ¯k [s]· /// |
| b2 | /// ya mai ya neṃ • || au [l]·o /// |
| b3 | /// – [m]e ·[ā] ñma lā s̝s̝a[ṃ] lñe m· /// |
| b4 | /// l·ā – /// |
Transcription
| a1 | /// ·ñ· /// |
|---|---|
| a2 | n1 /// ·y· – – lyñe 3 po kr(e)nt· – /// |
| a3 | n2 /// po śaiṣṣe mā rilyñe – /// |
| a4 | /// – ·e īte y(a)malyñe /// |
| b1 | /// – – lñ· 10 no śak s· /// |
| b2 | n3 /// yamai yaneṃ • ॥ aul·o /// |
| b3 | /// – me ·āñmalāṣṣäṃlñe m· /// |
| b4 | /// l·ā – /// |
Translation
| a4 | ... making full ... |
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| b2 | ... they go [over] the way. || |
Commentary
Philological commentary
| verse; metre undeterminable | |
| n1 | before lyñe there is a rest that could maybe still be deciphered |
| n2 | after rilyñe the next akṣara could be ñ |
| n3 | aul(ts)o(rsa) ‘in short’? other option: auloñ ‘blood vessels’ |
References
Online access
Edition
Tamai 2007: №855; Tamai 2007: №855
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007. “An edition of the Tocharian fragments IOL Toch 853 – IOL Toch 1247 in the India Office Library, London.” The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online. 2007. http://idp.bl.uk/database/oo_cat.a4d?shortref=Tamai_2007.
