Back of Ch.86.ii (vol. 53, fol. 50; 27.5 x 18.5 cm.; ll. 12 of ordinary epistolary
dbu can script, for the most part legible).
[1]@//:/bya gagi lo'i dpyid//Rgod gyi [L]eng h[o] Ling lugi mchis
brang Song Sam nyan gyis//Leng ho Shib [2]tigi bran mo/Be'u zhan la brel te/rjes
phor pa bzhi dang deb tse gs[u]m dang /ras kyi rgyu bkal lags[3]pha rkya ma
phyid [note 1: For phyed. d erased [note de rnams/Shib bir la [note 2: Below line. [note chags te//slad 'phul ba'i [d]us ni//khyi'i lo'i dphyid sla
tha chungs [4]tshes lnga tshun cu [note 3: Erased. Read cad. [note la//Le[ng ho] Shib bir gyi sgor 'bul bra [note 4: Compendious for bar. [note
bgy[i]s//dus dir ma 'p[h]ul:gchig [5]las g[nyi]su bsgyur de //khong ta'i sgor nas
saM zang spyad 'aM phor pa yang rngung(rung) ste/dphrogs kyang [6][zhal] chu ma
mchis par bgyis//yang ras chag phyed dang bzhi dang /nas rgya bre bzhi ni/sgo
lcags [7]lde myig dang [bca]s pa gta' g.gs nas//khyi'i lo'i dpyid sla 'bring po
tshes bcu tshun [8]cad slad blus par bgyis dusu ma blus na/sgo lcags g.[khyogi]
rgyu(?) yang yal bar bgyis[9]pa'i dpang la//Cang Gu gu dang/La Legs lod dang/Khe'u
Bzang gong dang/[10]...lastsogs pa'i dpang rgya dang //Song -i -ng dang//mo'i khyo
Ling lug kyi su[g] yig tshad dang/Sam nyang gyi mdzub tshad btabpa'
(Inverted)
[1]khyo L[e]ng [ho] Ling lugi sug[2][yig] tshad/
[1]Khe'u Bzang gong gyi sug [2]yig tshad//
[1]Song SaM/nyang /gi mdzub [2]mo tshad
"[ll.1-4] Spring of the Bird year: the wife of Leng ho Ling lug of Rgod, Song Sam nyang, in employment
with Be'u zhan, female servant of Leng ho Shib tig, having exchanged four cups,
three register baskets (deb tse?) and woven (spun) cotton material, half a rkya ma,
these belonging to Shib bir, are to be given
back by the fifth day of the last spring month of the Dog-year [ll.4-6] at the
door of Leng ho Shib bir. If not delivered
at the time, one is to become two. Also whatever barely or copper-utensils or cups
are in her possession are to be taken without protest. [ll.6-10] As furthermore
four less a half weights of cotton and four bre of Chinese
barely, together with the key of the door-bolt, were obtained in pledge, to be
redeemed by the tenth day of the middle spring month of the Dog-year, if these are
not redeemed in time, the iron (rgyu?) of the door-bolt
also is to be exacted; in attestation whereof the witness seals of Cang Gu gu, La
Legs lod, Khe'u Bzang gong, and ...
and the rest, and the written signature of the women's husband, (Leng ho) Ling lug, and the finger size-mark of Sam nyang are attached."
(Endorsement)
"[1] Hand of the husband, Leng ho Ling
lug. Hand of Khe'u Bzang gong [2]
in writing. Finger-size-mark of Song Sam
nyang."
It will be seen that Leng ho Ling lug, whose
surname, recurrent at Sha cu (see p. 115), is
possibly identical with Ling hu known from
Chinese sources (Chavannes_1913:
Index), is described as "of Rgod". This is, however,
hardly sufficient to prove that the Sha cu
itself was in the Rgod division.
Concerning the names (e.g. Shib tig = "Ten beauty", daśa-śrī), see pp. 71-3
(Ch.75.iii.3, IOL Tib J 1240) and the list, infra, pp. 113 sqq.
Deb tse (l. 2) seems to occur in a Bstan 'gyur colophon (Cordier_1909_1915:
II, p. 328); sug yig tshad in
p. 143 (M.I.xiv.109.a, Or.15000/426), etc.