Balinese copperplate inscription
The Balinese copperplate inscription or Sembiran inscription is a collection of ten copper plate inscriptions, which were found in the village of Sembiran, Tejakula district, Buleleng Regency, on the northern part of Bali island.[1][2] All inscription plates have a date, which is between 922 and 1181 CE, so they include more than 200 years.[3] Sembiran AI is dated 844 Saka (922 CE), Sembiran B is dated 873 Saka (951 CE), Sembiran A II is dated 897 Saka (975 CE), Sembiran A III is dated 938 Saka (1016 CE), Sembiran A IV is dated 987 Saka (1065 CE), and Sembiran C is dated 1103 Saka (1181 CE).[3] Some of the oldest inscriptions are written in Old Balinese, while some of the later ones are written in Old Javanese.[3]
These inscriptions are the earliest information regarding the condition of the Julah area and its surroundings.[3] The written text states that the inscriptions were addressed to the "keraman of Julah" (Julah village elders).[1] This implies that the original inhabitants of Sembiran village were from the village of Julah, some of whom then moved 1 km up the mountain from the coast to avoid attacks from the sea.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c Reuter, Thomas A. (2005). Custodians of the sacred mountains: Budaya dan masyarakat di serpegunungan Bali (in Indonesian). Yayasan Obor Indonesia. ISBN 9789794615331.
- ^ Utomo, Bambang Budi. Warisan Bahari Indonesia (in Indonesian). Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia. ISBN 9786024334185.
- ^ a b c d Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta; Ardika, I Wayan (2008). "Burials, Texts and Rituals: Ethnoarchaeological Investigations in North Bali, Indonesia" (PDF). Universitätsverlag Göttingen website.
Further reading[edit]
- Hauser-Schäublin, B. (2004). "Bali Aga" and Islam: Ethnicity, Ritual Practice, and "Old-Balinese" as an Anthropological Construct. Indonesia, (77), 27-55.
- ——. (2012). The diversion of the village gods: A criminal turn in the biography of Balinese copperplate inscriptions. Bijdragen Tot De Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde, 168(1), 74-99.
- Lansing, J. S., Redd, A. J., Karafet, T. M., Watkins, J., & al, e. (2004). An Indian trader in ancient Bali? Antiquity, 78(300), 287-293.