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Or 16736
- Record Id:
- 032-003895107
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003895107
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121910814.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16736
- Title:
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Batak divination texts
- Scope & Content:
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Divination manuscript, in Karo Batak script, inscribed on a bamboo container. Contents: A: Seven representations of desa na ualuh (eight directions of the compass), with groups of letters in some of the eight compartments of each drawing. The significance of these letters is not clear. At the top of this section is a drawing of two stylized heads. B: Text in four sections, with indications of which days not to carry out the ceremony, and the bad consequences of doing so. C: Text written in 12 compartments. D: One line of text.This MS identified by Uli Kozok.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003895107", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16736: Batak divination texts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003895107
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003895107
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Batak
- Scripts:
- Batak
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th century-19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Sumatra
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 210 (length) x 40 (diameter) mm.
Bamboo container with lid. Incised very neatly, with fine ornamentation, comprising a large bindu (chapter marker) with foliate frond ends on either side of text A, and a band of ruled lines and chevrons at the top of the container near the lid.
- Custodial History:
- T. Artmann had purchased this MS in an antique shop in Bonn in 2009, but the MS appears to have been in Europe for some decades because it is accompanied by a note in German stating that it had been identified by Dr P. Voorhoeve (d. 1996) of Leiden.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Acquired from Thomas Artmann of Bonn in 2010.
- Publications:
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M.C. Ricklefs, P. Voorhoeve & A.T. Gallop, Indonesian manuscripts in Great Britain. New Edition with Addenda et Corrigenda. (Jakarta: EFEO, 2014), p. 274.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)