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2001.59.17.1.3 (Print)
2001.59.17.1.3 (Print)
Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh Richardson
1946-50
Lhasa > Sho
2001.59.17.1.3
150 x 85 mm
Print silver , Enlargement
Donated August 2001
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Hugh E. Richardson
Notes on print - 'N Zol Rdo rin' and 'beginning of N inscription' (in pencil) is written on the reverse of print in Richardson's hand. [KC 25/9/2006]
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - 'Zhol. N. to line 13/14'
Other Information - Location and History; Richardson discusses this pillar and provides translation of the inscriptions on it in A Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions , Hertford: Royal Asiatic Society (James G. Forlong Series No. XXIX), 1985, pp. 1-25. "The three connected inscriptions on the east, south, and north faces of the tall and graceful stone pillar standing on the south side of the road that runs past the village of Zhol at the foot of the Potala are the earliest surviving from the time of the kings. pillar stands on the south side of the road that runs past the village of Zhol at the foot of the Potala in Lhasa." (p.1) The Zhol Pillar is thought to have been erected during the reign of Khri srong lde brtsan (755-c.794 A.D) to mark the appointment of relatively unknown person, Nganlam Tagdrag Lukhong (Ngan-Lam Stag sgra klu-khong), as a minister. [KC 21/9/2006]
Hugh Richardson argues that the pillar was erected in 764 A.D or little later. The piller is inscribed on all four sides. For a full transcrition and translation, see: H. E. Ricardson, A Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions" Hugh Richardson, A Corpus of Early Tibetan Inscriptions". Royal Asiatic Society, London. 1985. pp:1-25. [TS 4/4/2005]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Upper part of north face of Sho inscription pillar, Lhasa"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
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