Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t1: Catalogue of Select Pottery Inscriptions from Various Sites
Early Tamil Epigraphy: From the Earliest Times to the Sixth Century A.D. c20.s16.t1
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Catalogue of Select Pottery Inscriptions from Various Sites
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| No. | Date ca. | Provenance & Description | Legend | References & Remarks (Fig. Nos. from this vol. in bold) |
| 1. | 1-2 cent. *A.D.* | Arikamedu. Fragment of a thick-walled vessel. | . . . **ṇ tevvai-tattai kōttūrā-aṉ** 'Tevvaitattai (< Skt. Dēvadatta) of the *gōtra* of . . . ṇ. | Found in French excavations. Govt. Museum, Pondicherry. P.Z.Pattabiramin 1946: Pl. XXI, No. 5. Wheeler *et al.* 1946: Fig. 47.19. I. Mahadevan 1973: No. III. **(Fig. 1.19 A)** |
| 2. | 1-2 cent. *A.D.* | Arikamedu. Fragment of the incurved rim of a dish. | **cāttaṉ-āvi-iṉ kōtiracaṉ ātiraiyạṉ** 'Ātiraiyaṉ, the *gōtraja* (descendant) of Cāttaṉ Āvi'. | Wheeler *et al.* 1946: Pl. XLI, 9. I. Mahadevan 1973: No. II. **(Fig. 1.19 B)** |
| 3. | 1st cent. *B.C.* | Uraiyur. Neck of a rimmed bowl. | **mu la ṇa pē ṟu a na tā ṇa ṟa ū mā ṇa** 'Antaṇaṉ, salt merchant of Mūlaṇpēṟu' (in the TB-I notation). | T.V. Mahalingam 1967: p. 311, Pl. 31. K.V. Raman (ed.) 1988: p. 73, Pl. 16. **(Fig. 1.19 C)** |
| 4. | 1st cent. *B.C.* | Kodumanal. Neck of a rimmed bowl. | **kā ṇa ṇa nā ṟa ā tā ṇa** 'Kaṇṇaṉ Ātaṉ' (in the TB-I notation). | Y. Subbarayalu, Catalogue of Pottery Inscriptions from Kodumanal 1996 (unpublished): No. 113. **(Fig. 1.20 A)** |
| 5. | 1st cent. *A.D.* | Alagankulam. Red slipped ware. | **patumaṉ-kōtai** 'Patumaṉ Kōtai' (in large stylised letters). | Natana Kasinathan 1997: pp. 69-72, Pl. IV, 8 (with a different reading). See section 4.5.5. **(Fig. 1.20 B)** |
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| No. | Date ca. | Provenance & Description | Legend | References & Remarks (Fig. Nos. from this vol. in bold) |
| 6. | 1st cent. A.D. | Karur. Black and red ware bowl. | [a\*]r(i)yti-y aya marai-y ayai pā[ti\*] 'Vessel of Marai Ayyai, (wife / daughter ?) of (A)riyti Ayya(ṉ)'. Note the peculiar form of the letter y repeated many times. | Natana Kasinathan 1997: p. 71, Pl. II,2. **(Fig 1.20 C)** |
| 7. | 2nd cent. B.C.(?) | Jaffna, Sri Lanka. | vēḷāṉ 'Vēḷāṉ' (a clan or caste name). | P. Pushparatnam 1993: p. 40, Fig. 34. I. Mahadevan 1994b: pp. 136-155, Pl. 5. See section 1.13.9 (i). **(Fig. 1.21 A)** |
| 8. | 1st cent. A.D. | Quseir al-Qadim. (Red Sea coast, Egypt). | cātaṉ 'Cāttaṉ' (a personal name). | D. S. Whitcomb and J.H. Johnson 1982:Pl. 61. O (drawing). Photograph published in S.E. Sidebotham 1991: pp. 12-38, Pl. 2.22. I had earlier dated the inscription in ca. 2nd century A.D. from the drawing. The revised dating is based on the photograph which clearly shows the earlier form of **c** with the closed loop. See section 1.13.9 (ii) (a). **(Fig. 1.21 B)** |
| 9. | 1st cent. A.D. | Berenike. (Red Sea coast, Egypt). | koṟa pūmāṉ 'Koṟṟa Pūmāṉ' (name of a chieftain). | I. Mahadevan 1996b: pp. 205-208, Pl. 9.1 and 9.2. See section 1.13.9 (ii) (b). **(Fig. 1.21 C)** |
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