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IOL Toch 885

Known as:IOL Toch 885
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 885". 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-ioltoch885 (accessed 15 Mar. 2025).

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

Images

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

Transliteration

a1/// – – – – – ///
a2/// m·ā ra ra [ñc]· we k· ntra [kw]ri [k]· – ///
a3/// ·ṃ [t]s· pā – tsi kuse teṃ – ///
a4/// [y]ā – – ne nm· ·[ra] – ///
a5/// ·ai – – – ///
b1/// – ///
b2/// – – ti we s̝s̝aṃ ta kuce y[ā] ///
b3/// – ntsi • cwī pa lsko mā cä mpa ///
b4/// ñpa lsko ṣṣai ya mai mpa ta se ///
b5/// [h]ā ·e – – – – – ·e ///

Transcription

a1/// – – – – – ///
a2/// m·ār arañc· wek·nträ kwri – ///
a3/// ·ṃ ts· tsi kuse teṃ – ///
a4/// – – ne nm· ·rä – ///
a5/// ·ai – – – ///
b1/// – ///
b2/// – – ti weṣṣäṃ ta kuce ///
b3/// – ntsicwī palsko cämpa ///
b4n1 /// ñ pälskoṣṣai yamaimpa tase ///
b5/// ·e – – – – – ·e ///

Commentary

Philological commentary

*The recto is very difficult.
n1tasemane.

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 885

Edition

Tamai 2007: №885; Tamai 2007: №885

Bibliography

IDP

“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.

Tamai 2007

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.