Given as illustrations only; the pictures of three prasasti in Indonesia | |||||||||
Back to Table of Contents 2 To next page Inscription in Soerabaja(?) (1021AD) -------------------------------------------- Taken from: Egbert Heemen : Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 1913 (LVIII (OJO 58)) Canka year 943 From King Airlangga; given to the Karaman (community) of Cane which becomes a freehold. Back side line eight of the stone inscription. ..........pabaye sinagiha panlung blah panlung atak tampo sisir pobhaya(agreement) pacumbi(among the slaves -to show off the wealth of the owner-)) paprayaccita(?) kdi(unfertile) walyan(doctor) pawuruk(ferryman) sambal su / mbul(police officer) hulun haji(kings slaves-out of misdeeds?-mostly farmers) jenggi(black slave) singga(slave walking in front of his owner) pamrsi(or pabresi or mabresi: carries the cushions) pa wulungwulung(wulung = black or dark) watek I jro(slaves -to show off the wealth of the owner-) ityewamadi(and so forth) kabeh tan tama to irikanang........... See note on Inscriptions in Java |