Accession No
TEMP.00626.1
Description
Buddhist prayer written in a Thai script on a length of cloth, which was wrapped around a figure of Buddha [TEMP.00626.2]
Place
Asia; Southeast Asia; Thailand
Period
Source
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00626.1; 78.94
Cultural Affliation
Material
Cotton; ?Linen
Local Term
Measurements
37mm x 1mm x 374mm
Events
Context (Amendments / updates)
The lid to the box that the objects were originally found in refers to a number of '78.94', which, according to the database, does not seem to correspond to this object. The number has been entered into the 'Other Numbers' field for posterity.
Event Date 18/9/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Physical description)
Buddhist prayer written in a Thai script on a length of cloth, which was wrapped around a figure of Buddha [TEMP.00626.2]. The prayer appears to have been in written in ink in the centre of the textile strip.
Event Date 18/9/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label on the lid of the box that the objects were found in reads: '78.94 Buddha prayer cloth + coin with Arabic script'
Event Date 18/9/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Inscription)
ข้าพเจ้าขออุทิศผ้าเหลืองห่มพระ... ไปถึงยัง... 1 องค์
This text translates as '"I want to give this yellow robe to ... [name unclear but presumably a dead person] and also this one pendulent of a little Buddha [TEMP.00626.2]"
Translated by Wipawan Chansiriruk, a Thai woman living in the UK.
Event Date 27/9/2018
Author: ashleigh griffin
FM:281512
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