# K. 299.27. Eastern section of southern gallery of Angkor Wat (the hell
and heaven gallery), 12th century

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00299-27

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00299-27.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-10-22 15:05
(1c80a70)

## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the twelfth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⦿ kālasūtra ꩜ qnak· ta thve bheda paribhāra kamrateṅ· phdai karoṁ ꩜
lobha ta dravya .

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1911

⟨1⟩ Kālasūtra. Les gens qui sèment la discorde entre les rois (?), et
sont avides de richesses.

## Translation into French by Pou 2001

⟨1⟩ "Fils noirs". Les gens qui trahissent et abandonnent le[ur] roi,
dans leur désir avide de posséder des biens.

## Translation by Pou 2001

⟨1⟩ "Black thread". Those who betray and abandon their king, who lust
after riches.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1911, p. 207) with a French translation;
re-edited by Saveros Pou (2001, pp. 157, 160) with French and English
translation. Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO estampage n.
698.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1911. “Les bas-reliefs d’Angkor-Vat.” BCAI, pp.
170–220. [URL]. Page 207.

[SP] Pou, Saveros. 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Cambodge, volumes II
et III. Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 157, 160.

### Secondary

[EA] Aymonier, Étienne. 1883. “Quelques notions sur les inscriptions en
vieux khmêr.” JA 8 (1), pp. 441–505. [URL]. Pages 441–505.