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| Object ID | OB03021 |
| Title | Abhayagiri Copper Plate |
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| Inscription(s) | IN03026 |
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| Responsibility | |
| 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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| Found: | |
| Date | 1893 |
| Place | Jētavanārāma |
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| Date | |
| Place | Unknown |
| 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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