K. 183-23. Western face of southwestern pillar of western peristyle pillarzone of western gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Authors of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom (kuch), Claude Jacques, Eric Bourdonneau.

Palaeographic description: The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

Language: Old Khmer (okz) [Khmer (khmer)].

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-23.

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-23.xml.

Version: 2026-04-24 15:41 (4eba4e0), last modified 2026-04-23 16:36 (fa8901d).

Edition

⟨1⟩ sruk· At· dhvājaya si Īśvara[ma]ya gho kaṁpit(·)
⟨2⟩ gho [***] [gho] [**] gho kaṁpañ· gho ca-
⟨3⟩ [ndra] [**] gho […] gho saṁAp· gvāl· lAu tai
⟨4⟩ saṁ(Ap·) tai [***] [tai] kañ·yān· tai [***]
⟨5⟩ tai kañjaṅ· tai saṁAp(·) tai kaṁpit· tai kaṁprvat(·) lap·
⟨6⟩ (thg)au si rat· 1 si pau 1 pinda gho 8 gvāl· 1 tai 8
⟨7⟩ lap· 1 si (rat·) 1 si [pau] 1 phsaṁ 20 ⦿ sru[k·]
⟨8⟩ […]
⟨9⟩ […]
⟨10⟩ […]
⟨11⟩ […] sot(·) gho […]
⟨12⟩ […] (gho) Oṅkāra (gho) […]
⟨13⟩ […] gho (saṁAp·) […]
⟨14⟩ […] (gho) kaṁ(vrau) gho vidyā […]
⟨15⟩ […] (gho) [**] gho kr̥s(·) […]
⟨16⟩ […] gho nala gho […]
⟨17⟩ […] tai kaṁ(prva)t· […]
⟨18⟩ […] tai kan·U tai kaṁpit· (tai) […]
⟨19⟩ (sot· tai kan·hyaṅ·) sot· tai […]
⟨20⟩ […] tai kaṁpit· (so)t· […]
⟨21⟩ […] gho mukti […]
⟨22⟩ […] pinda gho 20 10 (6) tai […]
⟨23⟩ […] (⦿ ta) lvan· gho kan·Ī gho […]
⟨24⟩ […]
⟨25⟩ […]
⟨26⟩ […]
⟨27⟩ […]
⟨28⟩ […]
⟨29⟩ […]
⟨30⟩ […]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ kaṁpit(·) ⬦ ka[ṁ] pat CJ.

⟨2⟩ ca ⬦ pu CJ.

⟨3⟩ lAu ⬦ laqo CJ.

⟨4⟩ [3+] ⬦ kath[…]en CJ. — ⟨4⟩ [3+] ⬦ paroṅ CJ.

⟨8⟩ […] ⬦ (gho ka) […] (trac) […] (tai) CJ.

⟨9⟩ […] ⬦ yadya […] (gho) […] CJ.

⟨10⟩ […] ⬦ (gho) […] (tai mā) [.](iva) […] CJ.

⟨15⟩ gho kr̥s(·) […] ⬦ gho kūs(·) […] KC; gho kr̥s gho [2+] CJ.

⟨17⟩ […] tai ⬦ [tai] kan (hyaṅ) tai (vara) tai CJ.

⟨20⟩ […] tai ⬦ [1+](tai) kanteṅ tai CJ.

⟨21⟩ […] gho mukti […] ⬦ (gho kaṁ) [2+] (rāṅ gho) [2+] (gho) mukti (sot) [2+] CJ.

⟨22⟩ 20 10 (6) tai […] ⬦ (20) [1+] 6 tai (10 3) CJ.

⟨23⟩ […] (⦿ ta) ⬦ (phsaṁ) [1+] 9 ⦿ (ta) CJ. — ⟨23⟩ kan·Ī gho […] ⬦ kan(s)ān gho so CJ.

Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–7⟩ Village of At Dhvājaya: Si Īśvaramaya, Gho Kaṁpit, Gho […], Gho Kaṁpañ, Gho Candra[…], Gho […], Gho Saṁ-ap, Gvāl La-au, Tai Saṁ-ap, Tai […], Tai Kañ-yān, Tai […], Tai Kañjaṅ, Tai Saṁ-ap, Tai Kaṁpit, Tai Kaṁprvat, Lap Thgau accompanied by two sons (a boy at the age of running and a baby). Total: 8 male slaves (gho), an animal keeper (gvāl), 8 female slaves (tai), a male slave (lap), a boy (si rat) and a baby boy (si pau); grand total 20.

⟨7–10⟩ Village of […].

⟨11–23⟩ […], another […], Gho […], Gho Oṅkāra, Gho […], Gho Saṁ-ap, […], Gho Kaṁvrau, Gho Vidyā, […], Gho […], Gho Kūs, […], Gho Nala, Gho […], Tai Kaṁprvat, […], Tai Kan-u, Tai Kaṁpit, another Tai […], another Tai Kan-hyaṅ, Tai […], another Tai Kaṁpit, […], Gho Mukti, […]. Total: 39 male slaves (gho), […]. Among the lvan people, there are: Gho Kan-ī, Gho […],

⟨24–30⟩ […]

Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 167–168) with English translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation (2014, p. 178). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al. (nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO estampage n. 829-O.

Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest: Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 167–168.

[CJ] Jacques, Claude. 2014. Koh Ker: Temples et inscriptions, avec une étude sur le roi Jayavarman IV et un essai sur l’“esclavage” dans l’ancien pays khmer. Budapest: The Hungarian Southeast Asian Institute. Page 178.

Secondary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume I. Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi: École française d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 52–54.

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