# Ayam Teas I (822 Śaka)

Arlo Griffiths and Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan

Authors of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths, Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan

Contributors: Arlo Griffiths, Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan

Identifier: DHARMA_INSIDENKAyamTeas_I

Repository: Nusantara Epigraphy (tfc-nusantara-epigraphy)

File path: xml/DHARMA_INSIDENKAyamTeas_I.xml

Language: Old Javanese [Script (unspecified)]

Commit: 2026-11-09 08:51 (6580fa0), last modified 2026-09-09 14:27
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## Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r1⟩ // svasti śaka-varṣātῑta 822 punaḥ-posya-māsa tithi
Aṣṭami śukla-pakṣa, ha, ⟨1r2⟩ ka, br̥, vāra,

tatkāla Ăjñ¡a!⟨ā⟩ śrῑ mah¡a!⟨ā⟩rāja rake vatu kura dyaḥ dharmodaya
mahāsambhu ⟨1r3⟩ tumurun· I rakryān mapatiḥ I hino pu
bāhubajrapratipakṣakṣaya rake halu pu ⟨1r4⟩
saṁgrāma¿nurād?⟨dhuran⟩dhara, rake sirikan· pu samaravikr¡a!⟨ā⟩nta, rake
vka pu bhāsvara, rake paga⟨r⟩ vs¿a?⟨i⟩ ⟨1r5⟩ pu vīravikrama, rake bavaṁ
pu maṁlavan· samgat· tiruAn· pu śivāstra, maṁhuri pu cak(r)a ⟨1r6⟩
vadihat¿ῑ?⟨i⟩ pu ḍapit, makudu⟨r⟩· pu sāmvr̥da, kumonnakan· soĀraniṁ
va⊔nuA s¡i!⟨ī⟩ma I Aya⟨1r7⟩m təAs·⟨,⟩ hiṁhiṁṅana Ikanaṁ masamvya⊔vahāra
hana ṁkāna⟨,⟩ Anuṁ tan· knā de saṁ maṅilala ¿n?⟨d⟩ra⟨1r8⟩bya haji tluṁ
tuhān· Iṁ sasamvya⊔vahāra Iṁ sasῑma, yan· paṅula(ṁ) kbo ya ruAṁ puluḥ
⟨1r9⟩ kboAnya, sapi pataṁ puluḥ⟨,⟩ və¿h?⟨ḍ⟩us· vuAluṁ puluḥ⟨,⟩ Aṇḍaḥ
savan¿th?⟨t⟩ayan·⟨,⟩ maguluṅa ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1⟩ tluṁ pasaṁ, maṅaraḥ tluṁ
lumpaṁ Iṁ sa¡ś!⟨s⟩ῑma, yāpuAn· pinikul· dagaṁnya, kady aṅ¿t?⟨g⟩āniṁ
mabasana ⟨1v2⟩ masayaṁ, makacapuri⟨,⟩ kapas·⟨,⟩ vuṅkuḍu⟨,⟩ tamvaga⟨,⟩
gaṅsa⟨,⟩ vsi, timaḥ⟨,⟩ gara¿s?⟨m⟩· paḍat⟨,⟩ vəAs⟨,⟩ lṅa⟨,⟩ ⟨1v3⟩ gula,
sa¿pukān·?⟨prakāra⟩niṁ duAl· kalima bantal· I satuhān·
pikul-pikul·lananya, ¿v?⟨p⟩aṇḍai ma¿laṁ?⟨s·⟩⟨,⟩ ⟨1v4⟩ tamvaga, gaṅsa,
vsi, sobuban· Iṁ satuhān· tannənun· cadar· ¿b?⟨p⟩ataṁ pacadaran· Iṁ
sa¡ś!⟨s⟩ῑma, ma⟨1v5⟩¿ya?⟨para⟩hu ka(be)ḥ hana ¿rāyav·?⟨ry ayam·⟩ təAs· 3
¿tapa A?⟨kapuA⟩ masu(ṁ)hāra 3 Iṁ saparahu kapuA matu⟨1v6⟩ṅgalana tuṇḍān·
masu(ṁ)hara 2 I(ṁ) satuṇḍān· //

## Apparatus

⟨1r4⟩ paga⟨r⟩ vs¿a?⟨i⟩ ⬦ paga vsa Boe; pagar vsi St Da Sa. ⟨1r5⟩
maṁlavan· St ⬦ malavan· Da Sa Boe. ⟨1r5⟩ maṁhuri St Da Boe ⬦ maṁhūri Sa.
⟨1r6⟩ vadihat¿ῑ?⟨i⟩ ⬦ vadihati St Da Sa Boe. ⟨1r6⟩ sāmvr̥da Da Sa Boe ⬦
sāmvrada St. ⟨1r7⟩ masamvyavahāra ⬦ masambyavahāra St Sa Boe. ⟨1r7⟩
¿n?⟨d⟩ra⟨1r8⟩bya ⬦ nrabya St Boe; drabya Sa. ⟨1r8⟩ sasamvya_vahāra Boe ⬦
sasambya_vahāra St Sa. ⟨1r9⟩ savan¿th?⟨t⟩ayan· ⬦ savantayan· St Sa Boe.
⟨1r9⟩ maguluṅa St Sa ⬦ maṁguluṅa Boe. ⟨1v1⟩ kady aṅ¿t?⟨g⟩āniṁ ⬦ kady
aṅgāniṁ St Sa Boe. ⟨1v2⟩ lṅa ⬦ lga St Sa Boe • Cf. Ayam Təas III (1v2)
⟨1v4⟩ ¿b?⟨p⟩ataṁ ⬦ pataṁ St Sa Boe. ⟨1v5⟩ ka(be)ḥ ⬦ kadoḥ St Sa Boe •
Cf. Ayam Təas III (1v4) ⟨1v5⟩ ¿rāyav·?⟨ry ayam·⟩ ⬦ Ayav· St Sa Boe.
⟨1v5⟩ 3 tapa ⬦ Atapa St Sa Boe. ⟨1v5⟩ kapuA ⬦ kabuA St Sa Boe. ⟨1v5-6⟩
matuṅgalana Boe ⬦ makuṅgalana St Sa. ⟨1v6⟩ masu(ṁ)hara ⬦ masuhara St
Boe; musuhara Sa. ⟨1v6⟩ I(ṁ)satuṇḍān· ⬦ I satuṇḍān· St Sa Boe.

## Commentary

Wisseman Christie claimed that this text is “[a] relatively brief
follow-up document appended to a sīma grant made by Balitung involving
the wanua of Ayam Teas (the original charter for which has been lost)”
and that “[t]his addition to the charter [...] appears to have been
issued at the same time or shortly after the original charter.” It is
true that the sīma was already in existence when this inscription was
issued, and that it adds prescriptions that were probably not already in
place. However, there is no positive evidence for the existence of a
lost founding charter, nor that Balitung was the issuer of any such
charter.

It is important to note that Ayam Teas is not the name of a single
village, but rather, the name of a vatak containing several villages and
governed by a pamgat (see Mantyasih I 1v13, Kasugihan 1v3–5). This is
clearly expressed in the wording “each of the freehold villages in Ayam
Teas” (soĀraniṁ va_nuA sima I Ayam təAs·, 1r6–7).

## Bibliography

Damais 1955 the dating portion only. Read from photos of the plate by
Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan and Arlo Griffiths in May 2021. Reverified by
Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan in April 2022 from photographs of the plate at
Museum Nasional.

### Primary

[St] Stutterheim, Willem Frederik. 1938. “De archaeologische
verzameling.” JBG 5, pp. 108–125. Pages 121–122.

[Da] Damais, Louis-Charles. 1952. “Études d’épigraphie indonésienne, III
: Liste des principales inscriptions datées de l’Indonesie.” BEFEO 46
(1), pp. 1–105. DOI: 10.3406/befeo.1952.5158. [URL]. Page 42, part A,
item 66.

[Sa] Sarkar, Himansu Bhusan. 1971–1972. Corpus of the inscriptions of
Java (Corpus inscriptionum Javanicarum), up to 928 A. D. 2 vols.
Calcutta: K.L. Mukhopadhyay. Pages 1–3, item LX.

[Boe] Boechari. 1985–1986. Prasasti koleksi Museum Nasional, Jilid I.
Jakarta: Proyek Pengembangan Museum Nasional, Departemen Pendidikan dan
Kebudayaan. [URL]. Pages 138–139.

### Secondary

Damais, Louis-Charles. 1955. “Études d’épigraphie indonésienne, IV :
Discussion de la date des inscriptions.” BEFEO 47, pp. 7–290. DOI:
10.3406/befeo.1955.5406. [URL]. Page 40.