Artifact Information
| Artifact | Wiang Mano Stone Inscription |
| Artifact No. | Wiang Mano Stone Inscription (1) (inscription (stone)/CMU.CRP.) |
| Manufacturing Site | Possibly Lamphun |
| Date | Approximately 12th century CE |
| Artifact Condition | Completed |
| Artifact Type | Slate |
| Artifact Feature/Texture | Wiang Mano Inscription; the inscription appears only on one side (nine lines; ancient Mon scripts; Mon and Burmese languages) on the grinding stone (Mae Hin Bod) |
| Coloration | Unglazed |
| Clay-Type | Slate |
| Size | 21 x 37 x 3 cm. (width x length x height) |
| Rim | N/A |
| Base | N/A |
| Decorative Feature | (3) Transcribed (2)= “…this Buddha statue, Mon-ya-i-mun (consecrated) donated (to) ..lord pukka the great grandfather Attharaja (the great grandfather Attharaja) and his son named “mang thanaraja narathara (mang thanaraja narathara)” who was born while he resided at ‘min-lai,’…” |
| Discovery Site | Discovered by Mr. Ruang Khanthawong at Wiang Mano, A. Sanpatong, Chiang Mai Province in 1976 |
| Current Display | The Pottery Project, Department of History, Chiang Mai University |
| Pot mark | None |
| Remark | (1) the reference number in the book, “The Inscription in Thailand Volume 2” is CM. 45 retrieved from Fine Arts Department of Thailand, The Inscription in Thailand Volume 2, (Bangkok: Pimm Press), page 104. (2) read by Mr. Theom Meetem and translated by Mr. Champa Yuangchareon (3) transcribed from Fine Arts Department of Thailand, The Inscription in Thailand Volume 2, page 108. |