Metadata

Support
Stone engraved with lotus medallion, possibly a crossbar; h. unavailable ×  w. unavailable ×  d. unavailable cm.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. unavailable ×  w. unavailable cm .
Date
Undated. Attributable to the period 250-350 CE on palaeographic grounds.
Origin
Phanigiri.
Provenance
Nothing is known about date and location of discovery of this cross-bar fragment. Not identified during fieldwork from February 2016 onward.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • Subrahmanyam et al. 2008: 25 (d)
    • Editors
    Stefan Baums, Arlo Griffiths, Ingo Strauch and Vincent Tournier.
    Publication history
    Published by Subrahmanyam et al. 2008c: 25 (d) without an edition; edited here from the published estampage.

    Edition

    (1) + + [da]tāni va [ku] va d[ā]no ma + ? [sa] °akāsuraki [pu] ma su ?

    (1) + + [da]tāni va [ku] va d[ā]no ma + ? [sa] °akāsuraki [pu] ma su ? 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4922">
						            <unclear>da</unclear>tāni</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4923">va</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4924">
						            <unclear>ku</unclear>
					          </w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4925">va</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4926">d<unclear>ā</unclear>no</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4927">ma</w>
					          <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4930">
						            <unclear>sa</unclear>
					          </w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4931">°akāsuraki</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4932">
						            <unclear>pu</unclear>
					          </w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4933">ma</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4934">su</w>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
				        </ab>

    Translation

    (...) given (...) gift (...)