Metadata

Support
Floor slab; h. 83 ×  w. 183 ×  d. 5 cm.
Text
. h. 10 ×  w. 39 cm . This floorslab has a sequence of strange signs, whose identification as script is not entirely certain.
Date
Attributable between the 3rd and the 4th century CE on palaeographic grounds.
Origin
Nagarjunakonda.
Provenance
Nothing is known about date and location of discovery of this memorial pillar. Identified at Nagarjunakonda Museum (acc. no. 302) in February 2016.
Visual Documentation
Photo(s):
  • photos JM 2017
    • Editors
    Arlo Griffiths and Vincent Tournier, with contributions by Stefan Baums and Ingo Strauch.
    Publication history
    Previously unpublished; edited here after autopsy of the stone.

    Edition

    (1) kā ? ? pa

    (1) kā ? ? pa 
    <ab xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0">
					          <lb n="1"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5167">kā</w>
					          <gap reason="illegible" quantity="2" unit="character"/>
					          <w xml:id="tok5168">pa</w>
				        </ab>

    Translation

    kā ? ? pa