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DREAMSEA Project No.:

DS 0045 00237

Institution:

HMML; DREAMSEA

Surrogate Format:

Digital

IIIF Manifest:

https://www.vhmml.org/image/manifest/833671

Country:

Indonesia

City (Province):

Makassar (Sulawesi Selatan)

Name of collection:

Private Collection of Go Lan Ing

Right to Left?:

No

Current Status:

In situ

Sponsor:

Anonymous

Subject matter:

Secular Literary Work, Book

Copyist:

Anonymous

Copying date in native date:

27– 6 – 2477

Copying date in Gregorian:

1926 August 05

Script:

Lontarak; Hanzi

Writing support:

Paper

Watermark?:

No

Countermark?:

No

Manuscript cover?:

Yes

Binding?:

Yes

Manuscript cover dimension:

23 x 12.5 cm

Manuscript paper dimension:

23 x 12.5 cm

Text block dimension:

19.5 x 9 cm

Number of pages:

84 pages

Number of blank pages:

2 pages

Rubrication?:

No

Illumination?:

No

Illustration?:

No

Manuscript condition:

Good

Description of manuscript content:

This manuscript is the 43rd of 79 volumes. The manuscript, titled “Sam Po Kong,” is folk tale that tells the story of The story of when Ong Beng asked Ceng Moto Tiyang to write a coded character, followed by a dialogue about matters of war.

Colophon:

Hua 27 – 6 – 2477 He 5 – 8 – 1926 Niyak inja sambungna

Other notes:

The writing is dominated by the Lontarak Makassarese script, with some characters modified by Liem Kheng Yong, and features a combination with Hanzi. Initially, this manuscript was rented out to the Peranakan Chinese community. It is adapted from a Chinese folk legend. There is a red stamp of the author that reads: “LIEM KHENG YONG-MAKASSAR.” There is a torn manuscript paper that has already been patched.

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Item 1 - Title in Native script:

ᨔᨄᨚᨀᨚ - ᨄᨈᨄᨘᨒᨚ ᨈᨒᨘ

Item 1 - Title in Roman script:

Sam Po Kong – patangpulo Tallu

Item 1 - Title in English script:

Sam Po Kong – 43

Item 1 - Author:

Liem Kheng Yong

Item 1 - Language:

Makassar; Chinese