'A rejung and two letters'. Romanized transliteration by Mrs. Voorhoeve, 2ff., typescript (= L.Or.8447/39, part).
- Reference No:
- U DJA/2/105
- Dates:
- 1960s
- Description:
The original is a bamboo cylinder incised with 17 lines of text in the rencong script in South Sumatran Malay. The rejung = pantuns occupy lines 1-12, beginning:
Ini surat radjung sabahtang
Kahmpa' lahding sulang baranaj
Sambilu dikumbah djahngan
Sahra' daging tulang batjarai.
The two short letters in lines 13-17 are in another hand and are of formal content, being acknowledgments. (V.Oph.151.IV = L.Or.12275)
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- Archive Item
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- 1 item
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- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
- Papers of Professor Mervyn Aubrey Jaspan (1926-1975)