Lintel

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Site common name	Prasat Banteay Srei
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Province/City	Angkor
State	Siem Reap
Country	Cambodia
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.598889 Long : 103.962778

History of production	Prasat Banteau Srei was built by a Bhraman named “Yatchayawaraha” in the reign of king Chayavaraman V. It was dediated to Shiva and the other two goddesess.
Art	Lintel is an architectural part that is found in Khmer art. It is always placed on top of the entrance gate. Lintels in Banteau Srein art are the mixture if Koh Kae and Phra Kho arts. The storytelling scene is in the middle of the lintel and the garland curves down to the bottom part of the lintel. The garland is decoated with leaves with Uba inserted within the leaves. This is the same with Phra Kho art. A distinctive feature of this lintel is the decoration of the quarter part of the garland with “ an animal face biting the garland”. This is the model for the quarter Uba in Bapuan art.
Period	Historical Period
Age	16 Century BE.
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-07-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali