Ēmpalam Oil-Press

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Contributor: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Statement ownership and/or commission of an oil-press.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00434.

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00434.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:33 (d9e9623), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (ecb0276).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

⟨2⟩ (no)ppikkali-

⟨3⟩ Ēṟāḻi makaṉ

⟨4⟩ mātēvaṉ cekku

Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨2–4⟩ The oil-press ⟨of⟩ Mātēvaṉ¹, son ⟨of⟩ Ēṟāḻi ⟨of⟩ Noppikkali².

Bibliography

Edited in Avanam (Āvaṇam 11.6), with a picture. Text in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

Primary

Avanam

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix I, page 1288, item 53.

Notes

1. That is, made for Mātēvaṉ and/or commissioned by Mātēvaṉ.
2. Presumably a placename.

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