A Head Statue Found in Trapeang Phong Temple’s Complex
AKP Phnom Penh, April 06, 2021 --

A piece of statue known as the head of “Preah Neareay” (Narayan) have been found at Trapeang Phong Temple’s complex in Siem Reap province, according to APSARA National Authority.

With the thickness of 18 centimetres and the height of 38 centimetres by 20-centimetre width, the remaining sandstone head statue was a right-side face with one eyebrow, an eye, nose tip, lips and one ear.

On the head statue, there is a cylinder-shaped crown covering the forehead, added the source.

According to Mr. Chhouk Somala, an expert of Arts Inventory Registration of the Temple Conservation Department in Angkor Park and Preventive Archaeology, the statue likely belongs to the Kulen style because of some known features of it.

The Trapeang Phong Temple was the design of the Kulen style, and built in the 9th century.

The discovered sculpture has been kept at the authority’s centre for registration and further research is on-going, he added.
Lim Nary, AKP

UPDATE
Trapeang Phong temple, a heritage site of the early Angkorian period, will take one year to restore
Wow Cambodian 2021-07-12 14:28:08

Cambodia News, (Siem Reap province): The process of repairing the western part of Trapeang Phong temple by APSARA Authority is 40% complete, according to Mr. Saray Kim Huol, archaeologist and head of conservation of the Rolous area of ​​the APSARA Authority.
Trapeang Phong is a single brick temple, 7 meters square, 16 meters high, located in Kok Srok village, Rolous commune, Prasat Bakong district, Siem Reap province.

The temple is in a state of ruin and the restoration project started only in 2021. In the repair process, 20 to 30 percent new bricks are being added to replace the old ones. National and international experts have studied the characteristics of the old bricks, making the quality of the new bricks as similar to the old bricks as possible.


In the project to renovate Trapeang Phong temple, the western part will take about 1 year to be completed. So far, the repair process is about 40 percent complete. Trapeang Phong, a single brick temple located in Kork Srok village, Rolous commune, Prasat Bakong district, was built in the middle of the 9th century by King Jayavarman 3 and was dedicated to Hinduism.