Preservation of the Tanjung Tanah Manuscript

$36.7K USD

Funder	Department of State
Recipient Organization	U.S. Government - Department of State
Country	Indonesia
Start Date	Aug 24, 2004
End Date	Feb 04, 2009
Duration	1,625 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`77319-48`

Grant Description

To preserve a long-lost text rediscovered in 2002 in a village in South Sumatra. Carbon-dated to the 14th century, this may be the oldest extant document in the Malay language. The manuscript will be conserved, translated, and published for dissemination. The original will be returned to the village equipped with the means for proper storage.