Prasat Sambor| Native Name | ប្រាសាទសំបូ |
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| Alternative name | M.039, Trapeang Lpeak, Group Z |
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| BA# | C0605086 |
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| CISARK# | 198 |
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| IK# | 162 |
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| K Inscription | K.436 (G-E), K.437 (N14) |
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| Inscr. Location | In situ |
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| Size | Large |
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| Condition | Intact |
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| Type | Temple |
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| Location |
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| Part of | Prasat Sambor (Sambor), Isanapura, Bhavapura, Sambor Prei Kuk Group |
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| Village | Sambor |
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| Commune | Sambor |
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| District | Prasat Sambor |
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| Province | Kampong Thom |
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| Country | Cambodia |
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| Coordinates | 12.87107, 105.04312 |
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| History |
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| Founded | Late-6th to 7th Century |
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| Builder | Bhavavarman I, Isanavarman I, Bhavavarman II, Jayavarman I (?) |
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| Art Style | Thala Borivat, Sambor Prei Kuk, Prei Khmeng |
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| Material | Brick, Laterite, Sandstone |
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| Religion | Hinduism |
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| Deity | Shiva |
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| Year/s Restored | On-going |
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| UNESCO Inscription | 2017 |
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Prasat Sambor (ប្រាសាទសំបូ - Pronounced: Pra-saht Som-borh)
Commonly known as the North Group, Prasat Sambor is, as the name suggests, the northernmost of the three main groups of brick towers at Sambor Prei Kuk.
The complex site consists of a central area, enclosed by a laterite wall and housing a large, square, east-facing central shrine Prasat Sambor N1 with 4 smaller towers in the corners of the enclosure, Prasat Sambor N2, Prasat Sambor N3, Prasat Sambor N4 and Prasat Sambor N5. (The main shrine is considered to be early-7th-century with the corner ones being late-7th additions.) The central tower has been recently extensively renovated and is today in excellent condition. Four gopuras in the cardinal points of the enclosure wall lead into a 2nd walled area containing 4 more relatively intact towers Prasat Sambor N7, Prasat Sambor N8, Prasat Sambor N9 and Prasat Sambor N10 - 1 in each corner - as well as several smaller ruined ones. (N9 now houses a copy of a Durga statue found on-site, with the original having been moved to the National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh) The northeast tower faces south, the southeast one faces north and the northwest and southwest shrines face east with the latter being a hexagonally shaped structure.
Again, 4 entrance gopuras N6-1, N6-2, N6-3 and N6-4 (a catalogue number set by researchers and archaeologists - we have not listed these as individual sites as excavations revealed no monumental gopura, but just likely a door frame) open into another enclosure containing 3 intact towers Prasat Sambor N11, Prasat Sambor N12 and Prasat Sambor N13 to the west (the central and south ones being hexagonal) and 2 smaller structures Prasat Sambor N14-1 and Prasat Sambor N14-2 to the east. All towers in the 2nd and 3rd enclosures are usually assigned an early 7th-century date with the exception of the 2 smaller ones which are placed in a late Sambor Prei Kuk category.
An outer enclosure wall is today hard to discern but encompasses several more important shrines including N15 (Prasat Daeum Chan), N22 (Prasat Srang Preah), N19 (Sambor Prei Kuk N19), N18 (Prasat Chrei (Sambor)), N33 (Sambor Prei Kuk N33) and the unusual N17 (Asram Moha Eisei). Of these, the latter 4 sites have all been provisionally assigned late 6th-century, Bhavavarman I dates, with N15 being slightly later and N22 originally showing a Prei Khmeng-style lintel.
Overall the temple is orientated very slightly north of a true east-west line. A causeway leads east from the site to the site of the large, now dry, Baray Sambor Prei Kuk.
The largest, most complex and, in our opinion, most interesting site at Sambor Prei Kuk.
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