# K. 48. Pedestal of Vat Prei Crat, 6th century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom, Gerdi Gerschheimer and Dominique Soutif

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom, Gerdi Gerschheimer, Dominique
Soutif

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00048

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00048.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-09 14:46 (16691b9), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the sixth-seventh century CE.
According to George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 6, p. 27), the careful script
is clearly pre-Angkorian.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [9+] [rā]jya vraḥ kaṁmrateṅ· Añ· śr[ī] jayava[r]mma(d)eva ⟨2⟩ [6+]
toṅ· 10 (t)m(u)r· d(n)e(ṁ) 5 raṅko līḥ 5 pañ·j(u)t· paṅkā [4+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śr[ī] jayava[r]mma(d)eva ⬦ śrījayavarmmadeva GC.

⟨2⟩ (t)m(u)r· ⬦ tmur· GC. — ⟨2⟩ d(n)e(ṁ) ⬦ dneṁ GC. — ⟨2⟩ līḥ ⬦ liḥ GC.
— ⟨2⟩ pañ·j(u)t· ⬦ pañ·jut· GC.

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1937–1966

⟨1–2⟩ Sous le règne de S. M. Śrī Jayavarmadeva […] 10 cocotiers, 5
paires de bœufs, 5 liḥ de riz décortiqué, pañjut paṅkā.

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ […] in the reign of His Majesty Śrī Jayavarman […] 10 coconut
trees, 5 pairs of cows, 5 liḥof husked rice, dishes of ritually pure
vegetables.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1937–1966, vol. 6, p. 27) with a French
translation; re-edited here by Gerdi Gerschheimer & Dominique Soutif
from estampage EFEO n. 725.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937–1966. Inscriptions du Cambodge I-VIII.
Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi; Paris:
Imprimerie d’Extrême-Orient. Volume 6, page 27.