[INDOLOGY] Inscribed Coral Stone from Maldives

[Jonathan Silk]

As perhaps you already know, for materials from the Maldives the best
person to ask is Jost Gippert.

Jonathan

On Thu, Jul 14, 2022 at 7:51 AM Alastair Gornall via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> I was recently contacted by a hotel in the Maldives that also runs a
> small, private museum. They have found a number of these coral slabs
> inscribed with nāgarī characters on the island of Angolhitheemu, and they
> sent me this example (see attached image).
>
> I am not confident to speculate on what this might be, but I thought
> someone on the list would surely be able to shed some light on the matter!
> My contact at the hotel museum suggests that these finds may have formed
> part of a tomb, but I have not received further information after asking
> for more details.
>
> With all good wishes,
>
> Alastair Gornall
> Singapore
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