Makara of Candi Kedaton at Muara Jambi (N. 186), 10/11th c. CE
Version: (65b4a42), last modified (018d9e9).
Translation
The gift of master Kusuma.
Bibliography
First edited in Griffiths 2012. This digital edition reproduces the same.
Primary
[G] Griffiths, Arlo. 2012. “Inscriptions of Sumatra, II: Short epigraphs in Old Javanese.” Wacana 14 (2), pp. 197–214. DOI: 10.17510/wjhi.v14i2.61. [URL]. Pages 201–209.
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Commentary
Possibly to be read together with the word soja on the opposite makara. In that case, the inscriptions on the two makaras may form one sentence, meaning “Makaras, the gifts of master Kusuma”.