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Ceramics from the Musi River 5

K1211.
Stove, base flat, creamy buff coloured fabric, five small K1271.
holes on ceiling of fire box. H: 12.3. Possibly Ciruas, Buddhist clay tablet, moulded design of three female
Banten, West Java. C19–C20. Found at Palembang, Musi offering fruit near a temple built of fired bricks.
River. Dimensions (length x width x:thickness): 15.3 x 12.2 x
1.4. Such tablets were common in Indonesia before C8/
C9 as souvenirs of pilgrimage to temples (252 tablets
have been discovered at the Borobudur temple, Central
Java). (http://www.cengagesites.com/academic/assets/
sites/3919/page220_ch08.pdf). Found at Palembang,
Musi River.

K1238.
Figurine in form of fish. H: 6.2. Undated. Found at
Palembang, Musi River.

K1386.
K1239. Jarlet, foot ring absent, base flat. H: 10.5. Found at
Bell, with incised laughing fish. H: 7. Undated. Found at Palembang, Musi River, Sungai Rebo.
Palembang, Musi River.

K1257. K1396.
Jar, base moderate with recessed base, part of shoulder Pot support, four upright prongs to support round based
surface degraded. H: 7.3. Possibly Buni ware from West pots, decorated with vertical incised lines and impressed
Java. 200 BC–500 AD. Found at Palembang, Musi River. open circles, two prongs repaired. H: 9. C15 to recent.
Similar to one from Islam Banten Lama site, West Java.
Cf Soegondho (1985: photo 107). Found at Palembang,
Musi River, Sungai Rebo.

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