Manuscript

2003-42-8A

From: Cambodia

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-42-8A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cambodian | Buddhist
Provenience Cambodia
Period 19th Century
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Palm Leaf
Inscription Language Thai Language
Description

Palm leaf manuscript written in Thai using khom script, a script based on khmer lettering. Text consists of a desana (sermon) given by a Buddhist monk. Dates to around the 1820's.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.20265 - Other Number

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