# SII 38.29: original edition by S. Swaminathan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 29. (A.R. No. 29 of 1912.) CHINGLEPUT, CHINGLEPUT
TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. On a slab in the district Judge’s Bangalow

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv38p0i0029

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII38/DHARMA_INSSIIv38p0i0029.xml

Language: Dutch [Latin]

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## Summary

This inscription is engraved in Dutch language. The letters on this
inscription runs on a curved decorative piece above a flower pot. It
translates man’s life is as a flower that fades.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Des Menschen Leven Is Alseen Bloeme des Velts

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 38.29 by Swaminathan 2019 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVIII:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1912. South Indian Inscriptions
38. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Page
41, item 29.