1g2t.] C. B. Kross: Pengkalan Kempas Tombstone. 187 
Mallaray bin... 
ee << 
. pada hijvah salla’ 
3 Pars) piv 5 axle Ai 
Allahu‘ alathi wa sallam, délapan 
Ay? day) pail) 
vatus tujoh puloh. 
(hl, ops; ot bt ~ 
dua tahun pada zaman-nya Sultan 
pala [2] aie ald y 
Shah Mansur [ ? | nasarah— 
wt) gel abil 
10. ulahu. Amin! Amin. 
SPS HPMIYYAAAAD 4 
and 
The translation will be (slightly altering Heer Moquette’s 
phrasing) :— 
In the name of God the coors the Compassionate ! 
This mansion of peace is a plac 
of goodness, the grave of Shaikh Ahmad 
? 
I 
< 
3 
4 ? 
ee * in the A. H.—may prayer 
6. and the peace of God be upon him »—eight 
7. hundred and seventy 
8. two years, in the time of Sultan 
9. Shah ee God aid him 
To. Amen! en! 
I was struck a couple of years ago by the superficial 
similarity between some of the undeciphered characters and 
several in modern Siamese and I sent a photograph of the 
north face Is XII) to our Consul-General in Bangkok, Mr. 
ee ° ges M 
Mr. fie ots me :—‘‘I have managed to obtain expert 
opinion on that very interesting inscription which you sug- 
gested might be old Siamese. As a result of my enquiries I 
enclose copies of letters from Professor Coedes of the Siamese 
Royal Library and from Mr. F. H. Giles who is familiar with 
Siamese, Laos, Burmese, Shan, Karen and other tongues. 
“The consensus of opinion is that the inscription shows 
old Javanese influence. It is not Siamese though several of 
the letters are clearly recognisable to any person familiar — 
with the present sctipt........... 
ofessor Coedes wrote :—‘“‘I cannot decipher the in- 
scription, All I can say is that it is mot Siamese. The 
chard: are rather similar to those . the old Kawi alpha- 
