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Object ID OB00116
Title Faridpur Undated Plate of Dharmaditya
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Inscription(s) IN00129
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Metadata recorded by Dániel Balogh
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Description
Material Metal / copper alloy
Object Type Plate
Dimensions:
Width 15.2
Height 10.5
Depth 0.25
Weight 477
Details A single plate, rimless, of copper lighter in colour than OB00115. A badly worn circular seal is attached to a projecting portion of the plate on the left side. The seal is lighter-coloured copper than the plate, has no rim, and is 6.3 cm in diameter. The seal is in relief on a countersunk surface. The upper two thirds of the seal are occupied by a standing female figure (Lakṣmī?), with a small standing attendant on her left and what looks like a sapling tree on her right. At the sides, two elephants stand semi-erect, pouring water on her. The lower one third bears the seal inscription.
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Date 1891
Place Faridpur
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Details Discovered in 1891 in the Faridpur District of East Bengal and purchased by Hoernle for the Asiatic Society of Bengal, then sent to Kielhorn. Returned to Hoernle after Kielhorn's death in 1908, and finally studied by Pargiter.
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