N. 454. Instruction to tax collectors at Wuang Got, ca. 875 CE
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⟨1v1⟩ ╫ pavaraḥ I soĀra saṁ maṅilala dravya haji kabaiḥ kriṁ◦ paḍam·◦ pinilai◦ kataṅgaran·◦ halu varak·◦ maṁrumvai◦
⟨1v2⟩ paranakan·◦ paravat·◦ mahaliman·◦ I⊔tyaivammādi saprakāra saṁ maṅilala dravya ha⊔ji kabaiḥ Ujar saṁ pamgat·
⟨1v3⟩ makudur· majara sira I hananikana varahan· ◯ saṁ hyaṁ kudur· I vuAṁ got· vatag valā Ikana kunaṁ daiya saṁ maṅila⊔la
⟨1v4⟩ dravya haji ka⊔baiḥ tar tamatāta sira Aṅkāna◦ muAṁ saprakārani gavainya kabaiḥ madagaṁ◦ maṅulaṁ◦ paṇḍai◦ mañamvul·
Translation
As for the duty of all collectors of royal revenue: they should by no means be present here.1 And all of their occupations: selling, buying, forging, painting black […]
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Recently emerged on the antiquities market, the inscription is edited here for the first time from photographs of the plate.
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<p>As for the duty of all collectors of royal revenue: they should by no means be present here.<note>We tentatively analyze <foreign>tartamatāta</foreign> as a double negation <foreign>tar tamata ata</foreign> <q>no, not at all</q>. The word <foreign>aṅkāna</foreign> is a spelling variant of <foreign>ṅkāna</foreign>. See the Dalinan charter (<ref target="DHARMA_INSIDENK00391.xml">N. 391</ref>), 1v3–3: <foreign>ājñā haji kinonakan ikanaṅ masamvyavahāra *aṅkāna hīṅ-hīṅṅana kvaihanya</foreign>.</note> And all of their occupations: selling, buying, forging, painting black <gap reason="lost"/></p>
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<p>The inscription is similar in physical appearance and in content to the <ref target="DHARMA_INSIDENKMarsemu.xml">Marsemu</ref> charter.</p>
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Commentary
The inscription is similar in physical appearance and in content to the Marsemu charter.