Articles by DiGA

Warrior

Back of a male standing figure wearing a tunic with a girdle. He probably held a spear, as suggested by the remains of a vertical shaft on the left.
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Bodhisattva Maitreya with devotees

Part of a relief depicting the bodhisattva Maitreya with three devotees. The base is plain. The bottom face shows tool marks and the remains of a rectangular tenon on the proper left part. A circular nail hole is drilled between Maitreya and the second devotee from the right. Maitreya is …
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Acanthus leaves

Fragment of a cornice showing a row of vertical separate acanthus leaves with plain leaves behind. The bottom face preserves part of a rectangular socket.
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Unidentified scene

Fragment of a scene showing a male figure carrying a (not preserved) palanquine. The figure is holding the pole on his left shoulder with both hands. He has short curly hair and wears a short tunic.
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Male figure and archer

Fragment of a relief depicting a male figure and an archer. There are parallel horizontal chisel marks on the back. The figure to the right wears a long necklace and a short flat band necklace, an armlet, globular earrings and a turban. Next to him there is part of the …
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Figure

Fragment of a relief depicting a standing figure of which only the outline remains. The headless figure stands frontal with the left arm flexed; a hem of a scarf hangs from the left arm. The figure wears a long garment and large anklets.
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Lamps

A stone double diya lamp, the two concave recipients are placed in mirroring position with the spouts on opposite sides. The bottom of the object is flat.
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Male devotees

Fragment of a relief depicting two male devotees. Both headless figures are slightly turned to their left with the hands joined in front of the chest in a gesture of veneration. They both wear paridhāna and uttarīya and have bracelets at their wrists. On the naked torso is still visible …
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Male figure

Fragment of a relief depicting a male figure. On the back there are signs of some scattered tool marks. The headless and feetless figure stands in three quarter right profile with the right hand on the hip. The right leg is slightly stretched backward. He wears a paridhāna and an …
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Figures

Fragment of a relief depicting two standign figures. The defaced figure on the right is standing with the head slightly tilte to his right. On his right arm are still visible three armlets and at least one bracelet. He probably wears a mantle. To his right stands another defaced figure …
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Last Existence: Interpretation of Māyā’s Dream

An almost squared panel depicting a scene from the Buddha's Birth Cycle. The base consists of a plain fillet, and the relief has no cornice. There is a square nail hole cutting across the panel in the upper central part. The two sides are fashioned in vertical continuous rebated joints …
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