Marsemu charter, ca. 875 CE

Author of digital edition: Arlo Griffiths (argr).

Palaeographic description: Hand very similar to that seen in Bulai and Wuang Got.

Language: Old Javanese (kaw) [Kawi (kawi)].

Version: 2025-10-27 01:14 (77bd429), last modified 2025-06-24 05:12 (93ff352).

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⟨1v1⟩ | ◯ || pavaraḥ Iṁ vahuta pata patiḥ muAṁ soĀraniṁ Anak vanuA I marsmu ◯ I vuĀ[…][…]

⟨1v2⟩ muAṁ jātaka ◯ Ikanaṁ kunaṁ paṅansəAnnanya I dharmma rakryān· I vka I ⊔ pastika ◯ I […][…]

⟨1v3⟩ kumavruhana sukhaduḥkhanya ◯ muAṁ hulu-vrassanya ◯ ⊔ saṁ ḍuryyan· _ muAṁ saṁ siṅgaḥ […][…]

⟨1v4⟩ bavaṁ ◯ muAṁ ḍapunta labdhi◯ magantya pisan· satahun· so⊔Aṁ-soAṁ ||

Apparatus

⟨1v1⟩ vuĀ[…][…] B ⬦ vuĀ[ra?][…][…] CS • Cohen Stuart’s restitution is not confirmed by any occurrence of vuāra in any inscription that I am aware of, although vuara is common.

⟨1v2⟩ Ikanaṁ ⬦ Ikana CS B • The anusvāra is clear enough on the estampage.

⟨1v3⟩ saṁ ḍuryyan· muAṁ saṁ siṅgaḥ CS ⬦ san daryyan muan singah B • Besides omitting all diacritics on every one of these words, Boechari entirely omits the second saṁ.

Bibliography

First edited by A. B. Cohen Stuart (1875) with a lithographic reproduction in the accompanying volume of plates (Huart and Hooiberg 1875); edited again by Boechari (1985–1986); re-edited here by Arlo Griffiths from the Leiden estampage of the plate.

Primary

[CS] Cohen Stuart, Abraham Benjamin. 1875. Kawi oorkonden in facsimile, met inleiding en transcriptie. Leiden: Brill. [URL]. Page 23, item XIII.

[B] Boechari. 1985–1986. Prasasti koleksi Museum Nasional, Jilid I. Jakarta: Proyek Pengembangan Museum Nasional, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. [URL]. Page 53, item E.16.

Secondary

NBG 1870. Notulen van de Algemeene en Bestuurs-vergaderingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen: Deel VIII — 1870. Batavia: Bruining & Wijt, 1871. Pages 72, 78.

Verbeek, Rogier Diederik Marius. 1891. Oudheden van Java: Lijst der voornaamste overblijfselen uit den Hindoetijd op Java, met eene oudheidkundige kaart. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen 46. Batavia; 's-Hage: Landsdrukkerij; Nijhoff. [URL]. Pages 149–150, item 276.

Damais, Louis-Charles. 1970. Répertoire onomastique de l'épigraphie javanaise (jusqu'à Pu Siṇḍok Śrī Īśānawikrama Dharmmotuṅgadewa): Étude d'épigraphie indonésienne. Publications de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient 66. Paris: École française d'Extrême-Orient. Page 48, item 86, note 13.

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<!--Nomor inventaris: E. 16.

Nama prasasti: Marsmu.

Tempat temuan: Desa Ngabean, kabupaten Magelang, Jawa Tengah.

Angka tahun: (Tidak ada).

Nama raja: (Tidak ada).

Satu lempengan tembaga, berukuran 34 x 6,5 cm, bagian sebelah kanannya patah, bertulisan pada satu sisi dengan 4 baris tulisan. Huruf dan bahasanya Jawa Kuna. (Lihat juga nomor inventaris. E. 5, E. 6, E. 7, E. 9, E. 10, E. 15, E. 18).

Referensi: NBG 1 892, p. 24. Verbeek, 150. Cohen Stuart, KO, XIII.

Nomor inventaris: E. 16.

Prasasti: Marsmu.

1. // o // pawaraḥ iṁ wahuta pata patiḥ muaṁ soāra niṁ anak wanua i marsmu. i wuā [...]

2. muaṁ jātaka. ikana kunaṁ paṅansĕannanya i dharmma rakryān i wka i pastika. i [...]

3. kumawruhana sukha dukhanya. muan hulu wrassanya. san daryyan muan singah [...]

4. bawaṁ. muaṁ ḍapunta labdhi. magantya pisan satahun soaṁ soaṁ //-->