Sralau Temple (Koh Ker)

Prasat Andón Kuk 277 (M. H. 256).

Pr. Andon Kük has the prását of the basin of the cell “is the only building which separates from the others as forms and it is of late period. Neighbor of the Rahal, it undergoes its special orientation. Almost on the diagonal, it is 200 m. from the N.-E. It is made up of a sanctuary with a forebody, an S. library, an enclosure, and a gopara. The whole, in laterite, is very ruined and has many reuses including an inscription. It is accompanied to the southeast by a small basin, perhaps belonging to Andon Kük, which shows at least 9 laterite steps.

The sanctuary, almost shapeless, must have been square and had false doors; its forebody has two successive doors with bare frames assembled at right angles and rough columns; the outer door has a remarkable type IV lintel that its subject could prevent from assuming that it was reused. It shows a figure under a tree where one would be tempted to see the Buddha, surrounded by Brahma and Vişnu who honor him. The S. library has its W. door preceded by a porch with solid walls; three out of four of the abutments are taken in pieces of cornice of the ordinary art of Koh Ker. Under the laterite vault, in the wall opens a small window with three loopholes.

The E. gopura is a cross-shaped building with two wings in communication with the central hall. The E arm is preceded by a vestibule with windows on the sides. The interior door has a shapeless frame, a bare decorative lintel and columns made of square prisms or reused épannelag. The outer door has its S side wall caught in another piece of cornice. The wings have windows which were walled up in need of consolidation.

The true lintel of the west door of the gopura, broken in the direction of the length, was cut in an old jamb, no doubt, inscribed with 7 lines which have been fairly erased and almost entirely disappeared on one of the two fragments. It reads the name of Jayavarman (IV).