Alagarmalai (அழகர்மலை) - 5

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XII.  Alagarmalai (அழகர்மலை) - 40
40.
A.
kā  ṇa  ti  ka  ṉa  $1  kā  ṇa  ka  a  tā  ṉa  mā2  kā  ṉa  a  ta  ṉa  a  ta  ṉa  $1
B.
kaṇatikaṉ3  kaṇaka4  ataṉ  makaṉ  ataṉ ataṉ5
    
அ.
கா ண தி க ன $ கா ண க அ தா ன மா கா ன அ த ன அ த ன $
    
ஆ.
கணதிகன் கணக அதன் மகன் அதன் அதன்
Translation
Ataṉ Ataṉ, the son of Ataṉ, the accountant (kaṇakka-), the chief of scribes (kaṇa-atikaṉ);
Locus
On the brow of the cave, below the lower drip ledge; the third segment in the long line.
No. of lines
1
Length
269 cm. (38 - 40).
Date
ca. 1st century B.C.E.
Notes
1. Two symbols, one of them appearing in the middle of the inscription.
2. HKS reads mō.
3. cf. kaṇa (Sinh.Pkt.) <karaṇa (Skt.) 'scribe'; atikaṉ < adhika (Pkt.) 'superintendent, chief'.
4. kaṇakka. cf. (inscr.) kaṇakaṉ, kaṇakkaṉ 'accountant'. See ETE 2, Commentary (40.1 & 40.2) on the professions of the scribe and the accountant.
5. See 36 for another occurrence of this composite name.
Field Notes