Metadata |
Object ID |
OB03081 |
Title |
Poḷonnaruva Ānaulundāva Slab |
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Inscription(s) |
IN03101
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Responsibility |
Author |
Don Martino de Zilva Wickremasinghe |
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Description |
Material |
Stone / unspecified |
Object Type |
Stone slab |
Dimensions: |
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Width |
208.28 |
Height |
105.41 |
Depth |
25.4 |
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Details |
A stone slab inscribed with three lines of Sinhalese writing. The inscription covers a small area at the upper end of the prepared surface of the slab, the letters being incised between ruled lines 1½ inches (3.81 cm) apart. The top part of the slab is ornamented with ogee moulding on its sides.
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History |
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Found: |
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Date |
1921 |
Place |
Polonnaruwa |
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Latest: |
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Date |
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Place |
Polonnaruwa |
Authority |
Wickremasinghe, Don Martino de Zilva. (1912-27). ‘No. 38. Poḷonnaruva: Ānaulundāva Slab-Inscription,’ Epigraphia Zeylanica 2, pp. 235-237. |
Details |
Discovered in July 1921 in or near a village called Ānaulundāva (Anaulundawa, 7.980591, 80.995245) to the north of Poḷonnaruva. Specifically, it was found about 92 feet to the east of the railway line to Batticaloe.
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