Sap Champa Inscription 1

Name other

L.B. 17

Script

Pallava

Date

12th Buddhist century

Language

Pali

Face/Line

8 faces ; each one contains 9 lines of writing

Material

stone

Form

octagon pillar broken fragment

Size

227 cm. height : 29 cm. diameter

Found at

Ban Sap Champa, Sap Champa Locality, Tha Luang District, Lop Buri Province

Exhibited

Somdet Phra Narai National Museum, Tha Hin Locality, Mueang District, Lop Buri Province

Description

The inscription on this octagon pillar is composed of four important verses from the Tripiṭaka; that is, (1) Ye dhammā Gāthā, (2) Narratives on the Four Noble Truths, (3) Buddha Udāna, and (4) Dhammapāda.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2553 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Uraisi Warasarin and Anchana Chitsutthiyan, “New inscription from Lop Buri Province,” in Art and archaeology in Thailand volume 2 (Bangkok : The Fine Arts Department, FAD, 2518), 64-69 (in Thai).
2) Uraisi Warasarin and Anchana Chitsutthiyan, “New inscription from Lop Buri Province (Mueang Sub Champa Inscription 1),” in The early ancient inscription found at Lop Buri Province and the vicinity (Bangkok : The Fine Arts Department, FAD, 2524), 74-81 (in Thai).
3) Uraisi Warasarin and Anchana Chitsutthiyan, “Sub Champa Inscription 1,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 1 : Pallava and Post-Pallava Script, 12th-14th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 116-122 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 2545 (Record Number : CD; INS-TH-19, File Name; LB_001)