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                <title>Element of the pedestal of the <foreign>mukhaliṅga</foreign> in Mỹ Sơn E1 (C. 248), 7th century CE</title>
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            			<forename>Arlo</forename>
            			<surname>Griffths</surname>
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            <funder>European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994</funder></titleStmt>
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        		<date from="2019" to="2026">2019-2026</date>
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           <ab><lb n="1"/>mukha</ab>
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 	         <ab>face</ab>
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            <p>The inscription apparently functioned as indicator of alignment of the face of the element on which it is inscribed with the face of the <foreign>mukhaliṅga</foreign>. See also the identical or analogous labels <ref target="DHARMA_INSCIC00249.xml">C. 249</ref>, <ref target="DHARMA_INSCIC00250.xml">C. 250</ref> and <ref target="DHARMA_INSCIC00251.xml">C. 251</ref>, and on the compostion of the pedestal see <bibl><ptr target="bib:Parmentier1904_02"/></bibl>, who did not, however, mention the presence of such label inscriptions.</p>
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           <p>The inscription, mentioned and illustated by <bibl><ptr target="bib:NguyenVanTho2026_01"/></bibl>, is edited here by Arlo Griffiths, based on EFEO estampage n. 2081.</p>
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