Manuscript MAP 2549
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| MAP 2549 |  |
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| manuscript | ||
| (lo/so)mbah kuba ni ompuṁ tuvan padoha ni haji […] | ||
| Bamboo cylinder | ||
| 19th-20th century | ||
| Simalungun (Batak) | ||
| Simalungun (Batak) | ||
| The text includes a series of invocations addressed to different figures, the first of which is Naga Padoha. This is a mythological creature that, according to the Batak mythology, lives in the underworld. After this opening, there are listed several invocations to different figures, introduced by the formula mari ma handingan "come here you". The name of the characters invoked are introduced by two titles Dayang and Pavang where, the first was traditionally used to refer to female deities, such as for example Si Dayang Deak Parujiar, famous for fighting against Naga Padoha and eventually defeating him and giving way to the creation of the human world. However, the use of the second title Pavang, which means king or a general honorific title, seems to suggest the use of Deyang for referring to simple female figures, perhaps of high rank but not real deities. | ||
| A small braided cotton thread comes out from the right end of the cylinder. Visual organization: a double black line filled with a combination of small abstract drawings was traced on top of the first line of text; a small square with two crossed lines inside, on which small circles are drawn, is placed next to the last three lines of text, on the right-hand margin. Single node; 26 lines of text. | ||
| bamboo | ||
| 26.9 × 5.7 cm | ||
| Indonesia (North Sumatra) | ||
| public domain | ||
