# N. 105. River stone from Sebokingking at Palembang (ca. 8th c. CE)

Arlo Griffiths

Author of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIDENK00105

Repository: Nusantara Epigraphy (tfc-nusantara-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSIDENK00105.xml

Language: Old Malay [Kawi]

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## Palaeographic description

The script is perhaps a bit less archaic than the Late Southeast Asian
Brāhmī (“Pallava”) found in Sriwijayan royal inscriptions, and rather
resembles early Kawi.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ jaya siddhayātra

## Translation

May they be victorious and succeed in their journey!

## Bibliography

Text published in JBG 3 (1936) and again in de Casparis 1956.
Archaeological and ritual context discussed by Krom (1938) and by
Soeroso (1996). Encoded with use of a photograph made available by
Pierre-Yves Manguin.

### Primary

JBG 3 (1936). Koninklijk Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en
Wetenschappen: Jaarboek III — 1936. Bandoeng: Nix & Co., 1936. Page 198.

de Casparis, Johannes Gijsbertus. 1956. Selected inscriptions from the
7^(th) to the 9^(th) century A.D. Prasasti Indonesia 2. Bandung: Masa
Baru. Pages 1–2.

### Secondary

Schnitger, F. M. 1935. Oudheidkundige vondsten in Palembang, bijlage A:
Verslag over de gevonden inscriptie’s door Dr. W. F. Stutterheim.
Palembang: Ebeling.

OV 1931–1935. Oudheidkundige Dienst in Nederlandsch-Indië: Uittreksel
uit de Oudheidkundige Verslagen over 1931-1935. Batavia: Kon. Drukkerij
de Unie, 1938. [URL]. Page 15.

Krom, Nicolaas Johannes. 1938. “De heiligdommen van Palembang.” MKAW 1
(7), pp. 397–423. Pages 8–11.

Soeroso, M.P. 1996. “Jaya Siddhayatra Sarwwasattwa.” Siddhayatra Edisi
Perdana, pp. 5–18. Pages 8–11.

Utomo, Bambang Budi. 2007. Prasasti-prasasti Sumatra. Jakarta: Pusat
Penelitian dan Pengembangan Arkeologi Nasional, Badan Pengembangan
Sumberdaya Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Departemen Kebudayaan dan
Pariwisata. Page 18, item SBS no. 13.

Bambang Budi Utomo & Nik Hassan Shuhaimi. 2009. Inskripsi berbahasa
Mālayu Kuno di Asia Tenggara. Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Page 35, item 13.