Transliteration of Chinese Inscription: Tang Xuan Zong second year sixth month eleventh day Pa-Cha-Ka six men create likeness of seated Amitabha.
Interpretation: In the reign of the emperor Tang Xuan Zong, in the second year, sixth month, eleventh day (of the year from 901-906 A.D.) a group calling itself Pa-Cha-Ka consisting of six members, commissioned this likeness of the seated Amitabha. (Tang Xuan Zong was the last emperor of the Tang Dynasty.)