Clay Sealing Fragment of Unknown Provenance
Version: (bd0ad9f), last modified (bd0ad9f).
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ (t)ga • Could be <nga>.
⟨2⟩ siri • We read <ri>rather than <dhi> here; the loop on the akṣara is large, making it look like <dh>, but the serif of an <r> is still visible. Note same shape of <ri> in PYU 8.1.
⟨1⟩ (t)ga ⬦ nga Middleton 2005. — ⟨1⟩ siri ⬦ sibi Middleton 2005; sidha Middleton 2005.
Translation
U San Win, Daw Le Le Win and Daw Sanda-U in Middleton (2005: 173)
auspicious city (nagara thiri)
Bibliography
Reported in Middleton 2005, pp. 173–4 (App. 58), thought incorrectly reported as Pali in Pyu script instead of Pyu (in Pyu script). Middleton gives three possible readings: <nagara thiri> (auspicious city), <ngasibi> or <ngasidha>; but we read <tga siri> instead. Re-edited here from a published photograph.
Primary
Griffiths, Arlo, Marc Miyake & Julian K. Wheatley. 2018–03–26. “Corpus of Pyu inscriptions.” Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1207290. [URL]. Item DHARMA_INSPYU00034.
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<unclear>t</unclear>ga
siri
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<note>Could be <nga>.</note>
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<note>We read <ri>rather than <dhi> here; the loop on the akṣara is large, making it look like <dh>, but the serif of an <r> is still visible. Note same shape of <ri> in PYU 8.1.</note>
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<p>U San Win, Daw Le Le Win and Daw Sanda-U in Middleton (2005: 173)</p>
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<p>Middleton's statement that the inscription is in Pali is incorrect.</p>
<p>Is the text complete, or should we indicate that the beginning and end are missing?</p>
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Commentary
Middleton’s statement that the inscription is in Pali is incorrect.
Is the text complete, or should we indicate that the beginning and end are missing?