葉天註

葉天註 Yap (surname 葉)

Ancestral home 竹坑 (Zhukeng), as recorded for this stone

Headstone of 葉天註. The centre column is heavily weathered. Photograph: Raymond Goh. Click to enlarge.

Tomb inscriptions:

竹坑

光緒嵗次丙午年陽日吉

葉天註
孝男
大鵬
媽碖
鸚武

Summary: The headstone of 葉天註, surname Yap 葉, records a filial son 孝男 named 大鵬 and two further names, 媽碖 and 鸚武, carved in the columns to the left of the central name column. The family's region is recorded for this stone as 竹坑 (Zhukeng). The central column is heavily weathered, and the date column on the right and the characters at the top of the stone are not legible in the photograph. This record transcribes what can be read and lists what still needs to be confirmed at the grave.

Tomb Inscription 墓碑銘文

碑文	Transcription / Meaning
葉天註	Centre column, large characters: the name of the deceased, Yap 葉 (surname) Tian Zhu 天註 (given name). The column is heavily weathered and the name follows the original transcription of this record.
孝男 大鵬	Left column: "filial son 大鵬".
媽碖	filial son 媽碖
鸚武	filial son 鸚武

Notes on the inscription:

• Worn characters. The right-hand column, which on stones of this type carries the date, and the characters at the top of the stone cannot be read in the photograph.
• Region. 竹坑 is the origin recorded for this stone in the blog's region index.

Burial Register 埋葬記錄

Final Resting Place	Lao Sua
Name	葉天註
Age
Date of death
Date of burial

Leads to Check

• The date. The date column should be read at the grave, or from a raking-light photograph.
• The relationships. The relationship characters before 媽碖 and 鸚武, and the exact characters of 大鵬, should be checked on the stone.
• Cemetery, block and plot. These are still to be filled from the burial register.

Sources 資料來源

• Headstone of 葉天註 (field photograph and transcription, S.T.E.M.).

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About this record. This entry is part of Singapore Tombstones Epigraphic Materials (S.T.E.M.) 新加坡墓碑銘集录, a specialised digital documentation project and archive recording historical tomb inscriptions in Singapore, with a focus on Bukit Brown Cemetery 武吉布朗坟场 and other early Chinese burial grounds. Each record transcribes the original Chinese inscription, gives an English translation, cross-checks it against the burial register, and adds a short biography drawn from contemporary newspapers and archival sources.

Cite this entry as:
Raymond Goh. "葉天註." Singapore Tombstones Epigraphic Materials (S.T.E.M.), tombs.bukitbrown.org, https://tombs.bukitbrown.org/2020/04/blog-post_93.html. Accessed [date].

Keywords: 葉天註, Yap, 葉, Yap Tian Zhu, 大鵬, 媽碖, 鸚武, 竹坑, Zhukeng, Chinese tomb inscriptions Singapore, Singapore Tombstones Epigraphic Materials, S.T.E.M.

Name - Yap 葉 Region - 竹坑