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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