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IOL Toch 91

Known as:IOL Toch 91; H 149.309; A.309
Cite this page as:Michaël Peyrot. "IOL Toch 91". 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-ioltoch91 (accessed 20 May 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
Size (h × w):9.5 × 5.7 cm
Number of lines:6

Images

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

Transliteration

a1/// oṃ ṣa pta tā kau ///
a2/// kte lyma meṃ saṃ ///
a3/// na ślo ka nma we ///
a4/// ka ṣṣī ñi¯ ¯ś ṣe [se] ///
a5/// [ś]ā mñeṃ śai ṣṣeṃ ne yke ///
a6/// s̝s̝aṃ || pa ṇḍu rā ṅñe ne ///
b1/// – tā wno pre ści yai ne u ///
b2/// ñä kte a se ca na ka ///
b3/// ma skeṃ ta kuce no ñi ///
b4/// jī vi ke pa ñä kte ///
b5/// [ṇḍ]❠¯l sta¯ ¯rcä : ///
b6/// ṅñe ne || mā ñī ///

Transcription

a1/// oṃṣap tatākau ///
a2/// °kte lymameṃ saṃ° ///
a3/// °na ślokanma we° ///
a4/// käṣṣī ñiś ṣe se ///
a5/// śāmñeṃ śaiṣṣeṃne yke ///
a6/// (we)ṣṣäṃpaṇḍurāṅñene (॥) ///
b1/// – tāw no preściyaine ///
b2/// ñäkte asecanaka ///
b3/// (ya)maskeṃ ta kuce no ñi ///
b4/// °jīvike pañäkte ///
b5/// (ca)ṇḍāl star-c : ///
b6/// (॥) (paṇḍurā)ṅñene ñī ///

Commentary

Remarks

*According to Broomhead 1962: 284 "[w]ritten in medium ductus, very clearly preserved both sides ... [r]ight edge."

References

Online access

IDP: IOL Toch 91

Edition

Peyrot 2007: №91; Broomhead 1962: 284

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.