Khan Song Wong Ri Samrit Inscription

Name other

P.Ch. 20

Script

Old Khmer

Date

1730 B.E.

Language

Khmer

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 1 line of writing

Material

bronze

Form

oval bronze water bowl

Size

3 cm. width ; 7 cm. height ; 40 cm. perimeter

Found at

Archaeological Site Number 11, Si Mahosot District (known as Si Maha Phot District in previous information), Prachin Buri Province

Exhibited

Prachin Buri National Museum, Na Mueang Locality, Mueang District, Prachin Buri Province

Description

The writing indicates that this water bowl was offered to Kamarateṅ Jagata Śrī Vireśvara (holy sculpture) by Vraḥ Kamarateṅ añ Śrī Virendrādhipativarman in the year 1109 of the Śaka era.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2554 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Prasan Bunprakhong, “Transliteration on bronze water bowl,” Silpakorn 10, 5 (January 2510) : 76-79 (in Thai).
2) Prasan Bunprakhong and Cham Thongkhamwan, “112th Plate, the inscription on material made from bronze,” in The collection of inscriptions in Thailand part 4 : 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in letters of the languages of Thai, Khmer, Mon and Pali-Sanskrit (Phra Nakhon : The Committee on the Publication of Historical Documents, Office of the Prime Minister, OPM, 2513), 147-149 (in Thai).
3) Prasan Bunprakhong and Cham Thongkhamwan, “Khan Wong Ri Samrit Inscription,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 4 : Khom Script, 17th-18th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 126-129 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Photograph from : Prachin Buri National Museum, Prachin Buri Province