Current Version: draft, 2024-06-06Z
Editor: Emmanuel Francis.
DHARMA Identifier: INSKotumpalur00007
Summary: Appears to record a donation of gold for the upkeep of a lamp.
Hand Description:
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1 [?12+] (vata) poṉ Ai(ṅ)
2 (koṇṭāṭai/mārāṉ pāṇṭa) [?2+] ṟi [?2+] ḷ(u)kku Eri(vva/ppa)
3 [?12+] koṇṭōm [?1+]
1 Ai(ṅ) • Ai(ṅ) makes sense with kaḻañcu (beginning of line 4 of DHARMA_INSKotumpalur00008): aiṅ-kaḻañcu, "five kaḻañcus".
2 (koṇṭāṭai/mārāṉ pāṇṭa) • None of these alternative readings makes sense in continuity with pakal no¡ṉ!⟨n⟩t (end of line 5 of Kotumpalur 8), where one expects nontā viḷakku. — 2 Eri(vva/ppa) • Erippa makes sense with tāka (beginning of line 5 of Kotumpalur 8): erippatāka, "so as to burn" (a lamp).
1 [...] gold [...]
2 [...]
3 [...] we have taken [...]
Possibly a fragment to be read with another preserved fragment at the site. It could give the beginning of lines 4-6 of Kotumpalur 8, which is on the block continuous to the right, although a continuous reading is not warranted, which, however, could be explained if Kotumpalur 8 and the present inscription are two block fragments of an inscription, of which a third fragment block is lost.
First reported, edited and translated here by Emmanuel Francis (2020).