Manuscript

2003-42-8B

From: Cambodia

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 2003-42-8B
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. In three sections.

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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