1. Text number 

Drangsong 131

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།ཚེ་རིངས[རིང]བཅུ་གསུམ་གྱི་ཤུགས་འགོན[མགོན]བཞུགསྷོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration 

Tshe rings bcu gsum gyi shugs ’gon[mgon] bzhugs+ho/

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

Rituals relating to thirteen kinds of objects that symbolise longevity

5. Number of folios

9

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

The shug mgon (protector) ritual of the thirteen objects representing longevity

8. Transcription of colophon

Phran mnyon[smyon] pa khro ming gi[gis] bris/ zhu bdag[dag]/ bkra shis shog/  

9. Translation of colophon

I, the madman named Khro bo, wrote this. Proofread. Blessings.

10. General remarks

The thirteen objects that symbolize longevity are: the earth, mountains, trees, sky, sun, moon, stars, white paper, cypress trees, ducks, doves, stone mountains, running water.

11. Remarks on script

dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs

12. Format

Loose leaves

13. Size

9 × 34.5 cm

14. Layout

15. Illustrations and decorations

16. Paper type

Woven, 2 layers

17. Paper thickness

0.20–0.23 mm

18. Nos of folio sampled

f. 9

19. Fibre analysis

Daphne sp. with admixtures of single cotton fibres

20. AMS ¹⁴C dating

21. XRF analysis

Main elements: Ca, Fe

Trace elements: K, S, Si, Cl, Ti

22. RTI

A)    Rendering mode:  Default                      B) Rendering mode: Diffuse Gain

23. GCMS