# N. 153. River stone from Kambang Purun, at Palembang (ca. 8th c. CE)

Arlo Griffiths

Author of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIDENK00153

Repository: Nusantara Epigraphy (tfc-nusantara-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSIDENK00153.xml

Language: Old Malay [Kawi]

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## Palaeographic description

The script is 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

Alluded to by Soeroso (1996, p. 9). Text perhaps first published by
Bambang Budi Utomo (2007). Encoded with use of a photograph made
available by Pierre-Yves Manguin, and the EFEO estampage.

### Primary

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 24, item SBS no. 19.

### Secondary

Soeroso, M.P. 1996. “Jaya Siddhayatra Sarwwasattwa.” Siddhayatra Edisi
Perdana, pp. 5–18. Pages 9–11.

Bambang Budi Utomo & Nik Hassan Shuhaimi. 2009. Inskripsi berbahasa
Mālayu Kuno di Asia Tenggara. Bangi: Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu,
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Page 37, item 16.