Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai Inscription

Name other

S.K. 1, K.374

Script

Old Khmer

Date

1585 B.E.

Language

Khmer

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 24 lines of writing

Material

sandstone

Form

door frame

Size

54 cm. width ; 264 cm. height

Found at

Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai, Sa Kamphaeng Yai Locality, Uthumphon Phisai District, Si Sa Ket Province

Exhibited

Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai, Sa Kamphaeng Yai Locality, Uthumphon Phisai District, Si Sa Ket Province

Description

The story in the inscription goes that Kaṃmrateṅ Añ  Śivadāsaguṇadoṣa, Vraḥ Sabhā Śrīvrddheśvara and other Kaṃmrateṅ Añ, jointly purchased some land to offer to Kaṃmrateṅ Añ Śrīvrddheśvara and also bought things to offer to someone. It also talks about the offering of slaves to work on this place on fortnightly basis and mentions what were used in barter for the purchases, for example, cattle, gold and various kinds of containers.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2555 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Amphai Khamtho, “Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai Inscription,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 3 : Khom Script, 15th-16th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 171-180 (in Thai).
2) Amphai Khamtho, “Wat Sa Kamphaeng Yai Inscription,” Silpakorn 26, 6 (January 2526), 59-62 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 2545 (Record Number : CD; INS-TH-11, File Name; SK_004)