30/01/2025
The miniature rice barn is shaped like a gable-roofed building, with plank walls and wooden pillars, with one door on one side. The door is carved into a kind of niche. These artifacts were found at ritual sites, in rice fields, & in forests. Most of the them found in East Java date back to 10th-11th century with the reign of Pu Sindok as the starting point. Referring to an article posted by Balai Pelestarian Kebudayaan Wilayah XI on kemdikbud .go. id, there have been 3 arguments so far regarding the function of the artifacts as follows: (1) as a ceremonial object to honor ancestors, (2) as a means of worshiping Dewi Sri as the goddess of fertility by being placed near the rice fields, and lastly (3) as a means related to burial. Another alternative is as an object in ceremonies to place offerings on. Some of these artifacts are adorned with decorative carvings in the form of snails or shells (sangkha). There are carvings of year numbers in the graphic style called aksara kuadrat which may indicate the year the inscription was made (Djafar & Trigangga (Ed.), 2019).
Transliteration:
Djafar, Hasan & Trigangga (Ed.). 2019. Prasasti Batu: Pembacaan Ulang dan Alih Aksara Jilid II. Jakarta: Museum Nasional.
Djafar, Hasan (Ed.), 2016. Prasasti Batu: Pembacaan Ulang dan Alih Aksara (I). Jakarta: Museum Nasional.
Reference:
Djafar, Hasan & Trigangga (Ed.). 2019. Prasasti Batu: Pembacaan Ulang dan Alih Aksara Jilid II. Jakarta: Museum Nasional.
Djafar, Hasan (Ed.), 2016. Prasasti Batu: Pembacaan Ulang dan Alih Aksara (I). Jakarta: Museum Nasional.
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