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Object ID OB03021
Title Abhayagiri Copper Plate
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Inscription(s) IN03026
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Author Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe
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Description
Material Metal / copper alloy
Object Type Plate
Dimensions:
Width 26
Height 3.8
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Details A rectangular copper plate with a two-line inscription.
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Date 1893
Place Jētavanārāma
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Authority Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1904-12). ‘No. 3. Abhayagiri Copper-Plate Inscription,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 1, pp. 39-40.
Details Found in 1893 at the ruins of what was then believed to be the Abhayagiri Vihāra, Anuradhapura. This vihāra has since been correctly identified as the Jētavanārāma monastery.
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