# K. 183.7. West face of east pillar of pillarzone north of east
peristyle of west gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-7

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-7.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-26 15:42
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] 10 2 ⟨2⟩ […] tai pau ⟨3⟩ […] tai ta(saṁ) ⟨4⟩ […] (tai) rat· 3 si
⟨5⟩ […] ⭘ qnak· Ā– ⟨6⟩ […] gho 7 gvāl· ⟨7⟩ […] si dharmmābhi- ⟨8⟩ […] 10
5 tai 60 9 ⟨9⟩ […] gho 4 tai ⟨10⟩ […] gho 7 gvāl· ⟨11⟩ […] si jīva gho
⟨12⟩ […] pau 1 phsaṁ [2+] ⭘ ⟨13⟩ sru[k·] […] 7 si ra(t·) […] ⟨14⟩ […]
gho 1 […] ⟨15⟩ […] gho […] ⟨16⟩ […] ⟨17⟩ […] ⟨18⟩ […] ⟨19⟩ […] ⟨20⟩ […]
phsaṁ ⟨21⟩ […] si vra– ⟨22⟩ […] gho ⟨23⟩ […] pau 2 tai ⟨24⟩ […] lvan·
gho 4 ⟨25⟩ […] gho 3 gvāl· I ⟨26⟩ […] phsaṁ 10 1 ⭘ sruk· ⟨27⟩ […] gho 8
tai 2 phsaṁ ⟨28⟩ […] ⭘ sruk· rpā si krau ⟨29⟩ […] phsaṁ 20 10 5 lvan·
gho

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ […] 10 2 ⬦ […] (gvā)l 10 2 CJ.

⟨8⟩ 10 5 ⬦ (20 10 4) CJ. — ⟨8⟩ 60 9 ⬦ 40 9 CJ.

⟨9⟩ 4 ⬦ 5 CJ.

⟨14⟩ I […] ⬦ (II/10 I) CJ.

⟨28⟩ rpā ⬦ (pā) CJ.

⟨29⟩ 20 10 5 ⬦ 20 10 4 CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–5⟩ […] 12 […], […] baby girls (tai pau), […] Tai […], […], 3 girls at
the age of running (tai rat), […].

⟨5–7⟩ The people from […]: […], 7 male slaves (gho), […] (gvāl), […].

⟨7–9⟩ […] Si Dharmmābhi-, […], 15 […], 69 female slaves (tai) […].

⟨9–11⟩ […] 4 male slaves (gho), […] female slaves (tai), […], 7 male
slaves (gho), […] animal keepers (gvāl), […].

⟨11–12⟩ […] Si Jīva, […] male slaves (gho), […], a baby; total […].

⟨13–15⟩ Sruk […], 7 […], […] boys at the age of running (si rat), […], a
male slave (gho), […].

⟨15–21⟩ (Inventory of two villages).

⟨21–25⟩ […]: Si […], […], 2 babies, […]. Among the lvan, there are 4
male slaves (gho), […].

⟨25–26⟩ […], 3 male slaves (gho), an animal keeper (gvāl), […]; total
11.

⟨26–28⟩ Sruk […], 8 male slaves (gho), 2 female slaves (tai); total […].

⟨28–29⟩ Sruk Rpā: Si Krau […]; total 35. Among the lvan, there are

## Commentary

Wherever Chhom reads pau Jacques has po.

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 102–103) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 198). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 837.

### Primary

[CK] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 102–103.

[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 198.

### 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.