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- ↑ Catalogue of Rubbings of Brasses and Incised slabs. Victoria and Albert Museum: HMSO I(nternet Archive). 1929. p. Plate 17. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ↑ Barlow, Henry S. (1995). Swettenham. Kuala Lumpur: Southdene. pp. 1–2.