Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Incription on keris scabbard / translation needed

Amuk Murugul · 15th March 2011, 04:15 AM

Hullo everybody,

Willem, to me it appears to be a date: 15th. day of the month (a.k.a Purnama/Full-moon, as the moon just starts to reduce) and (Pasaran/Market-day) Wage on the Javanese Calendar.(One can probably calculate the year by working out when there was a 15th Wage, ..... IDK).
As for the 'GS', I don't know what that is, probably exactly what it looks like: the initials 'GS'.

Hope it helps (Javanese is really not my forte).

Best,

15th March 2011, 04:15 AM	#3
Amuk Murugul Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kaboejoetan Galoenggoeng Mélben Posts: 468	Hullo everybody, Willem, to me it appears to be a date: 15th. day of the month (a.k.a Purnama/Full-moon, as the moon just starts to reduce) and (Pasaran/Market-day) Wage on the Javanese Calendar.(One can probably calculate the year by working out when there was a 15th Wage, ..... IDK). As for the 'GS', I don't know what that is, probably exactly what it looks like: the initials 'GS'. Hope it helps (Javanese is really not my forte). Best, Last edited by Amuk Murugul; 15th March 2011 at 04:31 AM.