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IOL Tib J 489

Record Id:
040-003652832
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003652467
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100102477750.0x00004d
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SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IOL Tib J 489
Title:
Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title and 1 more item.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
International Dunhuang Project
Stein Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003652467
040-003652832
Is part of:
IOL Tib J : Tibetan manuscripts from the Stein Collection.

 

IOL Tib J 489 : Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title and 1 more item.
Hierarchy:
032-003652467[0204]/040-003652832
Container:
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 folio/panel
Digitised Content:
https://idp.bl.uk/collection/8CB57D597F734427B67ABAD83D9AD967
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Languages:
Tibetan
Scripts:
Tibetan
Start Date:
0750
End Date:
1000
Date Range:
0750-1000
Era:
CE
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Names:
Sam van Schaik
Ulrich Pagel
TEI:

Stein Collection

International Dunhuang Project

IOL Tib J 489

Tibetan manuscript from Dunhuang, no title and 1 more item.

Contents

Language(s): Tibetan

1.
Author:
Incipit: 1r.1rtsa ba bsngos ba ni/

Mahāyāna treatise

This single panel probably came from a concertina, as the texts on the recto and verso are different. This is a fragment of a text on the benefits of making offerings (to whom is not specified). Offerings of flowers, incense, lamps and music are mentioned in this fragment.

Explicit: 1r.4rol mo sil snyan gsol bas ni yan lag dam pa
2.
Author:
Incipit: 1v.1pas/_/lam kha bzhI po 'di thog rtag tu myi gum ba des mchIs nus pa yang myI 'dra/

Bonpo treatise

This fragment appears to be from a non-Buddhist religious context. The fragment mentions the command (bka') of theBon poand the deity (gsas). The language is obscure but the text appears to be discussing death and funeral rites, a common subject in early non-Buddhist Tibetan ritual texts.

Explicit: 1v.4deng sang du/ phyogs su/

Physical Description

recto and verso are written with different hands
Form: pothi
Material: paper
Support: manuscript, ink on paper

Paper Layers: 1

Laid lines (min): 12

Laid lines (max): 12

Fibre structure comments: vertical laid lines

Materials: manuscript, ink on paper

Extent: 1 folio/panel
Dimensions (leaf): 7.4 × 26 cm.
Foliation:

Layout

Columns:1

String holes: 1 central without circle

Columns per panel/lines per page: 4

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 0750-1000

DHMG.(Dunhuang Mogao) DHMG.17.

Provenance and Acquisition

Stein 1906-8

All data except for msContents were drawn from the legacy IDP 4D database

Record created byUlrich Pagel 01/01/97

Modified bySam van Schaik 01/03/16

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