| 1. Text number |
Drangsong 279 |
| 2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
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| 3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
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| 4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
The depiction of the hand may be used to illustrate details of elemental divination. |
| 5. Number of folios |
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| 6. Scribe’s name |
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| 7. Translation of title |
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| 8. Transcription of colophon |
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| 9. Translation of colophon |
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| 10. General remarks |
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| 11. Remarks on script |
None |
| 12. Format |
Single sheet |
| 13. Size |
28 × 26 cm |
| 14. Layout |
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| 15. Illustrations and decorations |
This folded square piece of paper is painted with the image of a right hand in the gesture of giving or fearlessness, which was traced using black ink. Hand gestures are crucial in the practice of Tibetan Buddhism and Bon and are therefore represented carefully. It might have been kept so as to be used as a stencil. |
| 16. Paper type |
Woven, 1 layer |
| 17. Paper thickness |
0.11–0.12 mm |
| 18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 1 (single sheet) |
| 19. Fibre analysis |
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| 20. AMS 14C dating |
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| 21. XRF analysis |
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| 22. RTI |
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| 23. GCMS |
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