Manuscript

Manuscript Cover

2003-42-2

From: Sri Lanka

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-42-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sri Lanka
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Palm Leaf
Inscription Language Pali (language)
Description

Palm leaf manuscript with decorated covers. Pali written in sinhala script. Text is a guideline for marking sacred borders of a monastery by setting sema stones. The monastery is not royal.

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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