Chronogram Garuda

Candi Sukuh

This Garuda (bird-man), with birdlike wings but human feet, stands next to the muscular Garuda of the previous page and supports a chronogram on his upraised hands. A chronogram is a date that is written in symbols, rather than in digits. Most of this one is missing, but it has been identified as a chronogram from the parts of it (notably the oddly bent arms) that still remain.