Empat Naskah Surat Incung pada Tanduk Kerbau dari Mendapo Rawang, Kerinci: Suntingan Teks dan Terjemahan

Abstract

Manuscript of Incung Letters founded in Kerinci, written on buffalo horn and bamboo generally. Four of all horn manuscripts is saved by Depati Sungai Lago from Koto Beringin, Mendapo Rawang as heirlooms of his clan. This manuscripts have trasliterated by Voorhoeve in 1941 and have re-digitalization by Uli Kozok between 2012-2013. However, Voorhoeve’s transliteration is imperfect and not satisfactory. The purpose of this research is to obtain text edition and translation that easier to understand by reader. The stage of this research is inventaring, describing, editing and translating. The method utilized in the text edition is standard edition method. As result of this research, is known that this manuscripts narrated the six episodes about ancestors history from local inhabitant in the indigenous territory of Tanah Rawang.