Prasat Hin Phimai Inscription 3

Name other

N.M. 16, K. 397

Script

Old Khmer

Date

1655 B.E.

Language

Khmer

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 25 lines of writing

Material

stone

Form

rectangle

Found at

Prasat Hin Phimai, Ban Phimai, Nai Mueang Locality, Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Exhibited

door frame at the cloister arches on the south side, Prasat Hin Phimai, Ban Phimai, Nai Mueang Locality, Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Description

The inscription is a record detailing which things offered to the holy place and by which noblemen or officials each year (from the year 1030-1034 of the Mahā Śaka era.) Included in the offerings were slaves, land and various other things.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project  Staffs (2555 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Cham Thongkhamwan, “61th Plate, inscription on the door frame of the cloister arch at Prasat Hin Phimai,” in The collection of inscriptions in Thailand part 3 : the inscriptions found in the north, northeast, east, and central parts of Thailand which are inscribed in letters of the languages of Thai, Khmer, Mon and Pali-Sanskrit  (Phra Nakhon : The Committee on the  Publication of Historical Documents, Office of the Prime Minister, OPM, 2508), 131-134 (in Thai).
2) Cham Thongkhamwan, “Prasat Hin Phimai Inscription 3,”  in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 4 : Khom Script, 17th-18th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 35-40 (in Thai).
3) Cham Thongkhamwan and Saeng Monwithun, “Khom script, Sanskrit and Khmer language, found at Prasat Hin Phimai,” Silpakorn 2, 5 (January 2502) : 53-59 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 4 : Khom Script, 17th-18th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529)