Metadata

Support
Fragment of a pillar in limestone; h. 46 ×  w. 18.5 ×  d. 6 cm. The fragment bears a decoration on the right lateral side.
Text
Middle Indo-Aryan, Southern Brāhmī script. h. 20 ×  w. 14 cm .
Date
Attributable to the Ikṣvāku period on palaeographic grounds.
Origin
Phanigiri.
Provenance
Nothing is known about date and location of discovery of this stone fragment. Identified at the Telangana State Archaeological Museum (without an acc. no.) in February 2016.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • photos AL 2017
    • Editors
    Stefan Baums, Arlo Griffiths, Ingo Strauch and Vincent Tournier.
    Publication history
    Previously unpublished; edited here from our photographs and after autopsy of the stone.

    Edition

    (1) … ? ? ti (2) … ◊ °apano putā (3) … ya ◊ patiṭhapito ti –

    (1) … ? ? ti
    (2) … ◊ °apano putā
    (3) … ya ◊ patiṭhapito ti – 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4981">ti</w>
					          <lb n="2"/>
					          <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4984">°apano</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4985">putā</w>
					          <lb n="3"/>
					          <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4987">ya</w>
					          <space type="horizontal" quantity="1" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok4989">patiṭhapito</w>
					          <w xml:id="tok4990">ti</w>
					          <pc>–</pc>
				        </ab>

    Apparatus

    • (1) ? ? ti The first akṣara could be read as <da>.
    • (3) The <ya> is probably indicative of a dative of purpose.

    Translation

    (...) his sons (...) established.