Barang King Banga: Isang Experimental na Pagbasang Bisaya sa Inskripsyon sa Banga ng Calatagan

The Calatagan Pot, with an inscription around its rim, is one of the very few existing archeological evidences of ancient writing in the Philippines. It was discovered in Calatagan, Batangas under uncontrolled conditions and bought by the Philippine National Museum in 1961. Having eluded scientific...

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Main Authors: Ramon Guillermo, Myfel Joseph Paluga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Philippines 2009-12-01
Series:Social Science Diliman
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Online Access:http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/socialsciencediliman/article/view/2044
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description The Calatagan Pot, with an inscription around its rim, is one of the very few existing archeological evidences of ancient writing in the Philippines. It was discovered in Calatagan, Batangas under uncontrolled conditions and bought by the Philippine National Museum in 1961. Having eluded scientific efforts at decipherment since that time, the current paper proposes a strategy which combines traditional palaeographic techniques and cryptographic methods. By means of this procedure, a tentative decipherment of the inscription has been constructed. The experimental results show that the ancient inscription may be a spell or charm in a central Philippine language with aJavanese admixture.
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spelling doaj.art-c7deea6d940544d0ae610cec83497b7e2022-12-22T01:15:28ZengUniversity of the PhilippinesSocial Science Diliman1655-15242012-07962009-12-0152682Barang King Banga: Isang Experimental na Pagbasang Bisaya sa Inskripsyon sa Banga ng CalataganRamon GuillermoMyfel Joseph PalugaThe Calatagan Pot, with an inscription around its rim, is one of the very few existing archeological evidences of ancient writing in the Philippines. It was discovered in Calatagan, Batangas under uncontrolled conditions and bought by the Philippine National Museum in 1961. Having eluded scientific efforts at decipherment since that time, the current paper proposes a strategy which combines traditional palaeographic techniques and cryptographic methods. By means of this procedure, a tentative decipherment of the inscription has been constructed. The experimental results show that the ancient inscription may be a spell or charm in a central Philippine language with aJavanese admixture.http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/socialsciencediliman/article/view/2044Calatagan Pot InscriptionPalaeographyDeciphermentVisayan Language
spellingShingle Ramon Guillermo
Myfel Joseph Paluga
Barang King Banga: Isang Experimental na Pagbasang Bisaya sa Inskripsyon sa Banga ng Calatagan
Social Science Diliman
Calatagan Pot Inscription
Palaeography
Decipherment
Visayan Language
title Barang King Banga: Isang Experimental na Pagbasang Bisaya sa Inskripsyon sa Banga ng Calatagan
title_full Barang King Banga: Isang Experimental na Pagbasang Bisaya sa Inskripsyon sa Banga ng Calatagan
title_fullStr Barang King Banga: Isang Experimental na Pagbasang Bisaya sa Inskripsyon sa Banga ng Calatagan
title_full_unstemmed Barang King Banga: Isang Experimental na Pagbasang Bisaya sa Inskripsyon sa Banga ng Calatagan
title_short Barang King Banga: Isang Experimental na Pagbasang Bisaya sa Inskripsyon sa Banga ng Calatagan
title_sort barang king banga isang experimental na pagbasang bisaya sa inskripsyon sa banga ng calatagan
topic Calatagan Pot Inscription
Palaeography
Decipherment
Visayan Language
url http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/socialsciencediliman/article/view/2044
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