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MSS Jav 106
- Record Id:
- 032-003309958
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003309958
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100029117031.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100152151805.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MSS Jav 106
- Title:
- Charter of Pu Siṇḍok
- Scope & Content:
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Plates 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 (the last) of a charter of Pu Siṇḍok, Prasasti Sobhāmṛta, dated śāka 861 (A.D. 939), in Old Javanese. A copy made in the Majapahit period (1293 - ca.1500).
[Plates 1 and 3 are held in the Volkenkunde Museum, Leiden.]
The charter consisting of seven copperplates was found in 1815 in the village of Betro, near Sidoarjo, in East Java.
The inscription records that on 11 Suklapaksa in the month Waisakha 861 Saka (= May, 2nd, 939 A.D.), Sri Maharaja Rake Hino Mpu Sindok Sri Isanawijaya Dharmottunggadewa gave orders that rice fields, orchards, and house lands in Sobhamrta were to become a freehold area, in return for the duty of maintaining a temple.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003309958", "parent" : "#", "text" : "MSS Jav 106: Charter of Pu Siṇḍok" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003309958
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003309958
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
5 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=MSS_Jav_106 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Javanese
- Scripts:
- Javanese
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 14th century-15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 90 x 450 mm. 5 copper plates, with writing on both sides.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquisition unknown.
- Publications:
-
M.C. Ricklefs, P. Voorhoeve & A.T.Gallop, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain. New Edition with Addenda et Corrigenda. (Jakarta: EFEO, 2014), p. 257.
A.T. Gallop with B. Arps, Golden letters: writing traditions of Indonesia (London: British Library; Jakarta: Lontar, 1991), pp. 74-75.
Titi Surti Nastiti. 2007. Prasasti Sobhāmṛta. Jakarta: Pusat Penelitian dan Pengembangan Arkeologi Nasional, Badan Pengembangan Sumberdaya Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)