DRANGSONG MANUSCRIPTS
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1. Text number |
Drangsong 058 |
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2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan |
༄༅།།ཚེ་ཐར་བཏང་བའི་བོན་བཞུགས་པ་ལགས། |
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3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration |
Tshe thar btang ba’i bon bzhugs pa lags/ |
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4. A brief summary of the item’s contents |
A ritual story about releasing an offering-sheep (gto lug). |
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5. Number of folios |
3 |
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6. Scribe’s name |
None |
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7. Translation of title |
A ritual (bon) for the liberation of a life. |
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8. Transcription of colophon |
bkra shis so/ |
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9. Translation of colophon |
Blessings. |
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10. General remarks |
Incomplete text, containing a narrative about sparing the life of a sheep in a ‘release of life’ (tshe thar). |
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11. Remarks on script |
dpe tshugs |
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12. Format |
Loose leaves |
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13. Size |
7 × 36.7 cm |
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14. Layout |
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15. Illustrations and decorations |
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16. Paper type |
Laid patchy (chain lines clearly visible), 2 layers |
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17. Paper thickness |
0.19–0.21 mm |
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18. Nos of folio sampled |
f. 3 |
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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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