Slab with religious text

Museum number:
9-103
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
Oval gray sandstone, with inscription in relief on one flat side in Tibetan syllabic script; a Mantra, a meaningless syllable repeated to gain merit. The Tibetan script is derived historically from the devangari script for Sanskrit.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Sandstone
Object type:
archaeology
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
May 1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #103: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (June 11, 1965–August 6, 1965) and S1987-1988 #4: Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion (July 15, 1987–September 21, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Slab with religious text, accession number 9-103, described as Oval gray sandstone, with inscription in relief on one flat side in Tibetan syllabic script; a Mantra, a meaningless syllable repeated to gain merit. The Tibetan script is derived historically from the devangari script for Sanskrit.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Slab with religious text, accession number 9-103, described as Oval gray sandstone, with inscription in relief on one flat side in Tibetan syllabic script; a Mantra, a meaningless syllable repeated to gain merit. The Tibetan script is derived historically from the devangari script for Sanskrit.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Slab with religious text, accession number 9-103, described as Oval gray sandstone, with inscription in relief on one flat side in Tibetan syllabic script; a Mantra, a meaningless syllable repeated to gain merit. The Tibetan script is derived historically from the devangari script for Sanskrit.

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