Prasat Phum Pone

Keywords : Khmer structure, Prasat Phum Pone, Main tower , Khmer tower

Site common name	Prasat Phum Pone
Type of artwork	Architecture
Sub district	Dom
District	Sangkha
Province	Surin
Region	Northeast
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 14.548072 Long : 103.876578
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 48 P Hemisphere : N E : 378967.01 N : 1608639.92
Place of artwork	At the centre of the complex

History of production	Evidence concerning the construction has not been found. The dating was conjectured through architectural features of the main tower. The main tower which is built in the square plan, no projections, with bricks, together with the motifs of relief sculpture over lintels all indicate that it is of the pre-Angkorian structure, about the 7th century AD. To the north, there was a subsidiary tower with a lintel and colonnettes to which Professor M.C. Subhadradis Diskul said to be of Prei Khmeng style, about 657-707 AD. Hence the dating of the main tower is about the same time, according to Diskul. The lintel is now kept at the Surin National Museum.
Art	Prasat Phum Pone includes four building in various sizes standing in a north-south axis. They are, excluding the main tower, remains of a building’s base whereas the main tower is in an excellent condition. The tower is a brick structure and built in the square plan which facing east. It opens to the east leading to the cella. The other three sides feature blind doors. At the four corners are decorated with pilasters. Multi-tiered roof forms the tower’s superstructure. The interior of the tower was damaged, in place of the statue and its pedestal, there is a large hole. Other remains are postholes at four corners and a sandstone conduit at the northern wall.
Key academic information	Prasat Phum Pone is the largest and most completed pre-Angkorian Khmer structure found in Thailand. The monument plays a crucial role in an understanding of art, settlements and interrelationship between Thailand and Cambodia in the early historical periods.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lopburi, Khmer Art in Thailand
Age	The 7th century AD, the reign of King Mahendravarman
Religion	Brahmanism-Hinduism
Religion and belief	Brahmanism

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-08-26
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
Bibliography	สุภัทรดิศ ดิศกุล, หม่อมเจ้า, ศิลปะสมัยลพบุรี. กรุงเทพฯ : มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2547. อรพินธุ์ การุณจิตต์, ทะเบียนโบราณสถานขอมในประเทศไทย, เล่ม 3. กรุงเทพฯ: กองโบราณคดี กรมศิลปากร, 2538.