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Funerary Casket of King Sihavikrama

late 5th–6th century
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
This stone funerary urn is one of four excavated in 1911–12 at a royal burial site near Payagyi stupa outside the walls of the Pyu city Sri Ksetra. Each bears a one-line inscription identifying the royal personage—in this case, Sihavikrama—probably all members of the local Vikrama dynasty. The inscriptions are in the Pyu language, written in the as-yet undecifered Pyu script. This urn is contemporary with other Pyu objects from Sri Ksetra that share this distinctive writing style, assigned to the late fifth to sixth century.

cat. no. 24

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Funerary Casket of King Sihavikrama
  • Date: late 5th–6th century
  • Culture: Central Myanmar
  • Medium: Sandstone
  • Dimensions: a, lid: H. 7 7/8 In. (20 cm); Diam. 19 11/16 in. (50 cm); Weight 102 lbs (46.3 kg)
    b, casket: H. 20 7/8 in. (53 cm); Diam. 19 11/16 in. (50 cm); Weight 330 lbs (149.7 kg)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Lent by Thiri Khittaya (Śrī Ksetra) Archaeological Museum, Hmawza, Myanmar (1911/1/4)
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art