# Ēmpalam Oil-Press

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00434

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00434.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

⟨2⟩ (no)ppikkali⟨3⟩Ēṟāḻi makaṉ ⟨4⟩ mātēvaṉ cekku

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Fortune!

⟨2–4⟩ The oil-press ⟨of⟩ Mātēvaṉ[1], son ⟨of⟩ Ēṟāḻi ⟨of⟩ Noppikkali[2].

## 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.

[1] That is, made for Mātēvaṉ and/or commissioned by Mātēvaṉ.

[2] Presumably a placename.