The Balinese copperplate inscription or Sembiran inscription is actually a collection of ten copper plate inscriptions, which were found in the village of Sembiran,
Tejakula district,
Buleleng Regency
Buleleng ( ban, ᬓᬩᬸᬧᬢᬾᬦ᭄ᬩᬸᬮᭂᬮᭂᬂ, Kabupatén Buléléng) is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Bali, Indonesia. It has an area of 1,365.88 km2 and population of 624,125 at the 2010 census and 791,910 at the 2020 cen ...
, on the northern part of
Bali
Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
island.
All inscription plates have a date, which is between 922 and 1181 CE, so they include a period of more than 200 years.
Sembiran AI is dated 844 Saka (922 CE), Sembiran B is dated 873 Saka (951 CE), Sembiran A II is dated 897 Saka (975 CE), Sembiran A III is dated 938 Saka (1016 CE), Sembiran A IV is dated 987 Saka (1065 CE), and Sembiran C is dated 1103 Saka (1181 CE).
Some of the oldest inscriptions are written in
Old Balinese, while some of the later ones are written in
Old Javanese
Old Javanese or Kawi is the oldest attested phase of the Javanese language. It was spoken in the eastern part of what is now Central Java and the whole of East Java, Indonesia. As a literary language, Kawi was used across Java and on the island ...
.
These inscriptions are the earliest information regarding the condition of the
Julah area and its surroundings.
The written text states that the inscriptions were addressed to the "''keraman'' of Julah" (Julah village elders).
This implies that the original inhabitants of Sembiran village were from the village of Julah, some of whom then moved 1 km up the mountain from the coast to avoid attacks from the sea.
See also
*
Warmadewa dynasty
References
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Further reading
* Hauser-Schäublin, B. (2004)
"Bali Aga" and Islam: Ethnicity, Ritual Practice, and "Old-Balinese" as an Anthropological Construct Indonesia, (77), 27-55.
* ——. (2012)
The diversion of the village gods: A criminal turn in the biography of Balinese copperplate inscriptions Bijdragen Tot De Taal-, Land- En Volkenkunde, 168(1), 74-99.
* Lansing, J. S., Redd, A. J., Karafet, T. M., Watkins, J., & al, e. (2004)
An Indian trader in ancient Bali?Antiquity, 78(300), 287-293.
History of Bali
Inscriptions in Indonesia
10th-century inscriptions
11th-century inscriptions
12th-century inscriptions
Balinese language
Javanese language