Tap Lang ThalaBoriwat (ThalaBoriwat Lintels)

No evidence related to the establishing history

Sandstone carving

It is in a broken condition with some missing parts.

The rest shows an image of a large Magara head spitting out one big arch. This arch circle is decorated with beads on both sides. At the center of the lintel here is an oval pattern or a pattern of a large coin with Krut Yut Naga inside. A coin-shaped circle has a spiral edge instead of a rosary pattern. A Krut or Garuda that is inside the coin-shaped circle has a face like a human face with a bun hairstyle wearing large round earrings. Its body is fat with the belt fasten and a cloth hanging from the front. Each hand of the Krut is holding back a one-head Naga. Both of the legs are mimicking legs of a bird on the edge of a coin-shaped circle. Beneath the curve which emerges from the mouth of the Magara and a coin-shaped circle, a garland pattern was carved; the middle bunch of the garland under the circle is larger than the others. This is an old garland pattern that is popularly used on early versions of ThalaBoriwat lintel.

This Lintels (or gable) is one of the oldest examples of lintel in Thailand. This indicated the relationship between the eastern region and Khmer culture had started even before Mueang Phra Nakhon era.

There were 2 Tap Lang ThalaBoriwats found in Wat Thong Thua, Chanthaburi. One is now at Bangkok National Museum and another one is still Wat Thong Thua.

1.Tap Lang ThalaBoriwat, Wat Thong Thua, Chanthaburi

2. Tap Lang ThalaBoriwat, Kao Ploy Wan, Chanthaburi

สมิทธิ ศิริภัทร์และมยุรี วีระประเสริฐ. ทับหลัง.กรุงเทพฯ : กรมศิลปากร, 2533.

สุภัทรดิศ ดิศกุล, ม.จ. "ทับหลังแบบถาลาบริวัตในประเทศไทย" โบราณคดี. ปีที่ 4 เล่มที่ 1 (กรกฎาคม 2515), หน้า 11 - 17.