1. Text number 

Drangsong 132

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།གཤིན་རྗེའི[རྗེ]ཁྲཾ་མདོས་སྐྱིས[ཀྱི]ལྟོ་དཔེའ་བཞུགསྷོ།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration 

gShin rje’i[rje] khram mdos skyis[kyi] lto[gto] dpe’ bzhugs+ho/

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

Ritual text for removing disasters and prolonging life by means of a tally-stick mdos offering to Yama, the lord of death.

5. Number of folios.

4

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

Ritual text of a khram mdos rite of Yama

8. Transcription of colophon

zhes brjod la glud bsngo pa’o[ba’o]/ mdos rnams skyal lo/ ’di ni khram ’dos[mdos] rdzogs+ho/ bkra shis par shog/ sarba mangalaṃ/ dge’o/

9. Translation of colophon

In this way, transfer the ransom effigy, and convey the mdos constructions. Blessings and good fortune. Virtue.

10. General remarks

11. Remarks on script

dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs

12. Format

Loose leaves

13. Size

9.2 × 34.1 cm

14. Layout

15. Illustrations and decorations

16. Paper type

Woven, 1layer, minor polishing traces, soft and absorbent

17. Paper thickness

0.23–0.25 mm

18. Nos of folio sampled

f. 1

19. Fibre analysis

20. AMS ¹⁴C dating

21. XRF analysis

22. RTI

23. GCMS