# K. 770. Doorjamb of Southwest corner of Prasat Thom (Koh Ker), 9th
century Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00770

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00770.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ .... paṅgaṁ (t)pvaṅ· ni(vedana) ...... ⟨3⟩
.....(śra)ddhāyat(·) .... ⟨4⟩ […] ⟨5⟩ .... śrī ..... ⟨6⟩ vraḥ kamrate(ṅ·
Añ·) ....... ⟨7⟩ śvarapunya dai ...... ⟨8⟩ gho ................... I gho
C(e)... ⟨9⟩ gho śrāddha I gho ...... ⟨10⟩ gho hameya(?) ..... ⟨11⟩ ....
śiva I gho veni... ⟨12⟩ .... I gho priyamvi.... ⟨13⟩ ....I gvāl·
................ I gvāl(·) ... ⟨14⟩ […] ⟨15⟩ […] ⟨16⟩ […] ⟨17⟩ […] ⟨18⟩
tai (kaṁph)ai I tai ................ (I) tai ...... ⟨19⟩
vi.......................... 5 $circle ... ⟨20⟩ pi (nivedana ta) vraḥ
kamrate(ṅ·) ..... ⟨21⟩ ...... pramān· ..pura $circle (gho) .... ⟨22⟩
....ta 1 gho kañ(jeṅ·) I gho ...... ⟨23⟩ (gh)o {2?}t· I gho
hr̥dayabhā(va)..... ⟨24⟩ .... gho (vna)ṁ I gho Ājya I (gho) ..... ⟨25⟩
gho panlas· I gho kaṁ............ ⟨26⟩ ....ñ I gho ..... ⟨27⟩ ..... gho
..... ⟨28⟩ ..... bhāva I gho can.... ⟨29⟩ gvāl· kaṁ{2} I gvāl· .... ⟨30⟩
tai snāya I tai jma... ⟨31⟩ ..... jmaḥ ................. tai .... ⟨32⟩
.... I tai kaṁvrau I .... ⟨33⟩ tai {1}pāṅ (I) tai .... ⟨34⟩ s(o)t· 1 tai
kan(h)e(ṅ·) ..... ⟨35⟩ ..... I tai kan................ I tai saṁ....
⟨36⟩ ....ñjoṅ· I tai m(e)gha I tai .... ⟨37⟩ .... (I) tai
............... I tai .... ⟨38⟩ .... kaṁ I tai kante(ṅ·) .... ⟨39⟩ .....
tai kaṁvon· I .... ⟨40⟩ ... pau I lap· {2}k· I .... ⟨41⟩ ....... vra(ḥ)
ka(mrateṅ·) ...

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1⟩ […]

⟨2⟩ ... informed (the king) ...

⟨3⟩ ... according to the faith ...

⟨4⟩ […]

⟨5⟩ ... Śrī ...

⟨6⟩ Vraḥ Kamrateṅ ...

⟨7⟩ another ... śvarapunya. […]

⟨8⟩ Gho ..., ... 1, Gho ...

⟨9⟩ Gho Śrāddha 1 Gho ...

⟨10⟩ Gho Hameya (?) ...

⟨11⟩ Gho Śiva 1 Gho Veni...

⟨12⟩ ... 1 Gho Priyamvi...

⟨13⟩ ... 1 Gvāl ... 1 Gvāl ...

⟨14–17⟩ […]

⟨18⟩ Tai Kaṁphai 1 Tai ... 1 Tai ...

⟨19⟩ ... 5 ...

⟨20⟩ in order to inform the Vraḥ Kamrateṅ ...

⟨21⟩ ... region of ...pūra. Gho ...

⟨22⟩ ... 1 Gho Kañjeṅ 1 Gho ...

⟨23⟩ Gho ... 1 Gho Hr̥dayabhā(va) ...

⟨24⟩ ... Gho Vnaṁ 1 Gho Bhājya 1 Gho ...

⟨25⟩ Gho Panlas 1 Gho ...

⟨26⟩ ... 1 Gho ...

⟨27⟩ ... Gho ...

⟨28⟩ ... 1 Gho ...

⟨29⟩ Gvāl ... 1 Gvāl ...

⟨30⟩ Tai Snāya 1 Tai ...

⟨31⟩ ... names ... Tai ...

⟨32⟩ ... 1 Tai Kaṁvrau 1 ...

⟨33⟩ Tai ... 1 Tai ...

⟨34⟩ another ... 1 Tai Kanheṅ ...

⟨35⟩ ... 1 Tai ... 1 Tai Saṁ...

⟨36⟩ ... 1 Tai Megha 1 Tai ...

⟨37⟩ ... 1 Tai ... 1 Tai ...

⟨38⟩ ... 1 Tai Kanteṅ ...

⟨39⟩ ... Tai Kaṁvon 1 ...

⟨40⟩ ... si/tai pau 1 Lap ... 1 ...

⟨41⟩ ... Vraḥ Kamrateṅ ...

## Commentary

Jacques has 42 lines, the last one is lost.

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 264–267) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, pp. 122–123). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 986.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 264–267.

[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.
Pages 122–123.

### 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 51–52.