# K. 183.27. Southern side of pillar 2 of northern portico of western
gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-27

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-27.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-26 15:42
(5f03cc1)

## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ […] ⟨3⟩ […] gh[o] […] ⟨4⟩ […] ⟨5⟩ […] 7 […] ⟨6⟩ […] 8 ⟨7⟩
tai 60 10 9 […] ⟨8⟩ […] si pau 6 (⭘) […] gvā⟨9⟩l(·) [7] tai 4 […] (⦿)
⟨10⟩ (sruk·) phāṅ· […] vi⟨11⟩[1+] gho pa[…] gh[o] ⟨12⟩ [kaṁ]vrau gho […]
⟨13⟩ kh[ñuṁ] (gvā)l· kaṁpi[t·] […] ⟨14⟩ […] tai […] ⟨15⟩ […]ddha tai […]
⟨16⟩ […]na tai bhā[va] […] ⟨17⟩ [1+]c· lap· […] ⟨18⟩ paṁ[1+] pinda […]
⟨19⟩ (tai) (10) phsaṁ […] ⟨20⟩ [2+] s[i] […] ⟨21⟩ […] th(n)āṅ· ⟨22⟩ […]
gh[o] […] gho ⟨23⟩ […] kañjā ⟨24⟩ […] gvā

## Apparatus

⟨5⟩ […] 7 […] ⬦ si […] bhu CJ.

⟨7⟩ 60 10 9 ⬦ (40 10 9) CJ.

⟨11⟩ [1+] gho pa[…] ⬦ n gho (maṅga)[la] […] CJ.

⟨13⟩ kaṁpi[t·] ⬦ kaṁ ra CJ.

⟨17⟩ [1+]c· ⬦ (cā)c CJ. — ⟨17⟩ […] ⬦ va[…][la] CJ.

⟨18⟩ paṁ[1+] ⬦ p (krau) CJ. — ⟨18⟩ […] ⬦ [gho] […] CJ.

⟨19⟩ (tai) (10) ⬦ tai 8 CJ. — ⟨19⟩ […] ⬦ (10) [1+] . [sruk] […] [A]mr̥
CJ.

⟨20⟩ [2+] s[i] […] ⬦ [ta] da sa ka […] [tai] ka CJ.

⟨21⟩ th(n)āṅ· ⬦ (thnoṅ) CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–9⟩ […]. 79 female slCLves (tai), […], 6 babies (si pau). […] 7 animal
keepers (gvāl), 4 female slaves (tai) […].

⟨10–24⟩ ⟨Village of⟩ Phāṅ […], Gho […], Gho Kaṁvrau, Gho […], ⟨Gho⟩
Khñuṁ, Gvāl Kaṁpit […], Tai […], Tai […], Tai Bhāva […], Lap […]. Total
[…], 10 female slaves (tai); grand total […], Si […], […] Thnāṅ, […],
Gho […], Gho […], […] Kañjā […], Gvāl […]

## Commentary

Jacques has an additional line, line 25 which reads: l […].

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 183–184) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 210). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 831-S.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 183–184.

[CJ] Jacques, Claude. 2014. Koh Ker: Temples et inscriptions, avec une
étude sur le roi Jayavarman IV et un essai sur l’“esclavage” dans
l’ancien pays khmer. Budapest: The Hungarian Southeast Asian Institute.
Page 210.

### Secondary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume I. Collection
de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi: École française
d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 52–54.