1. Text number 

Drangsong 122

2. Text title (where present) in Tibetan

༄༅།།བདུད་ཀྱི་ཞལ་བསྒྱུར་བཞུགས་སོ།།

3. Text title (where present) in Wylie transliteration 

bdud kyi zhal bsgyur bzhugs so//

4. A brief summary of the item’s contents

A ransom ritual to repel attacks by demons.

5. Number of folios

11

6. Scribe’s name

None

7. Translation of title

Reversing the face of the demon

8. Transcription of colophon

bkra shis/ shu bhȧ/ glud bdud gcod pa’am/ dgra phyogs bsam/ gnod pa’i phyogs su bskyal lo/ ’di keg che ba la bya’o/ dge’o/

9. Translation of colophon

Blessings! throw [the torma] in the direction of the demons, enemies, or harmful powers. This ritual is to be done in response to major obstacles. Virtue.

10. General remarks

11. Remarks on script

dpe tshugs, ’khyug ma tshugs

12. Format

Loose leaves

13. Size

7.3 × 36.5 cm

14. Layout

15. Illustrations and decorations

16. Paper type

Laid patchy, 1-2 layers, smooth

17. Paper thickness

0.15–0.17 mm

18. Nos of folio sampled

f. 11

19. Fibre analysis

Daphne sp.

20. AMS ¹⁴C dating

21. XRF analysis

Main elements: Ca, Fe, K, S, Cl, Si

Trace elements: Ti, Cu, Al, Mn

22. RTI

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

23. GCMS