'Usuran'= a communication of secret knowledge. Romanized transliteration by P. Voorhoeve and Mrs. Voorhoeve, March 1971, 4ff., typescript (L.Or.8447/72).

Reference No:
U DJA/2/94
Dates:
Mar 1971
Description:

The original is a manuscript of 14 bamboo strips, 21 x 2 cm, each with 3 lines of text in the rencong script, in South Sumatran Malay (REM 891/5). (1892). Begins:

'Ini surat di dalam bambu

Surat 'urang dari da'ulu

Surat 'usuran dari dolu

Ta(ka)la bumi balum, langi(t) pun balum.

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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of Professor Mervyn Aubrey Jaspan (1926-1975)