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27th August 2016, 10:41 PM
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Nimcha: Please help with markings
I just received this Nimcha. There is one fish shaped stamp (a maker’s mark?) and also a couple lines of what might be text, but I can’t even make out what script it is supposed to be. It looks too orthogonal to be Arabic. Help would be greatly appreciated.
I also include a couple pictures comparing this sword to my “Zanzibar type” Saif. |
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28th August 2016, 02:51 AM
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Comments on the age of this sword would also be appreciated.
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28th August 2016, 07:53 PM
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sketch of text
It is surprisingly hard to get much detail from the photos, so I made a sketch and digitally refined it. Also, I found a couple links to old Berber/Moroccan scripts but this does not seem like a good match to either,
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/tifinagh.htm http://www.omniglot.com/writing/berber.htm |
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28th August 2016, 08:33 PM
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I think I can see some similarities with the Berber script. Maybe is alocal variety of the Berber script. Most puzzling for sure! 
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28th August 2016, 08:48 PM
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Look at this link and you will have your answer. http://www.brownlee.com.au/Pages/And...ra_swords.html and the link of our glorious pope http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...rs+trade+marks for Andrea Ferrara marks and the bee / fly stamp Best, Kubur |
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29th August 2016, 12:59 PM
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Sorry I missed it
Kubur,
I'm unsure what I was supposed to find in those threads. Marcus |
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29th August 2016, 05:57 PM
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The small mark is European, just like the overall gestalt of the blade: very accurate and precise.
The crude inscription IMHO is a latter add-on to simulate Latin alphabet. I looked at it from every possible angle and couldn't make heads or tails out of it. Most likely , in the immortal words of Mel Brooks, it is an " authentic frontier gibberish". |
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1st September 2016, 02:08 AM
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THE TWO LINES OF SQUIGLE ARE THE SAME ...EXCEPT THAT THE SECOND OR LOWER LINE IS BADLY EXECUTED....
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