Moro Spear

[Sajen]

Very, very nice spear! Hope that someone will be able to translate the inscription.

[RSWORD]

This twistcore is very well forged. Notice that there are no faults in the steel. So often with twistcore you have forging flaws that show through but this one is very clean. Very attractive pattern!

[carlitobrigante]

wow, stunning spear. Looks sensational after the etch. congrats

[Jentayu]

Its Jawi. Its quite difficult to decipher the words but it looks like the last two words are names of two "Dato" or "chieftains".

"......Dato Jamil ......kan (verb) Dato' Hasim". I guess Jawi expert can put more light into this.

[Gavin Nugent]

Originally Posted by Jentayu

Its Jawi. Its quite difficult to decipher the words but it looks like the last two words are names of two "Dato" or "chieftains".

"......Dato Jamil ......kan (verb) Dato' Hasim". I guess Jawi expert can put more light into this.

Outstanding and thank you Jentayu, this wonderful start is greatly appreciated.

Hopefully another can complete the mystery....though if not I will try to find the time to show this to the linguistics dept of the QLD Uni and perhaps there is someone there who can read it all...again Jentayu, fantastic!!!

Looking at the Wiki Jawi link it appears this angle for translation maybe more suitable


Gav

[Nathaniel]

(Whistling!!!) Wow, what a looker!

[BigG]

Originally Posted by freebooter

Outstanding and thank you Jentayu, this wonderful start is greatly appreciated.

Hopefully another can complete the mystery....though if not I will try to find the time to show this to the linguistics dept of the QLD Uni and perhaps there is someone there who can read it all...again Jentayu, fantastic!!!

Looking at the Wiki Jawi link it appears this angle for translation maybe more suitable


Gav

5 of the first letterings on the second line from the right has the equivalent of the consonant sounds of (N-K-R) (K-N) it could thus be read as "nukar-kan" ie "to change"... or " to replace ".

Therefore the 2nd line might read "nukarkan datu Hashim" ie "to replace datu Hashim"

I cnt make out the 1st half of the top line from the right... but the 2nd half reads as datu (Jamil)?... so it can read from the 2nd half onwards from the top to the bottom as "Datu Jamil(?) nukarkan Datu Hashim" or "Datu Jamil(?) to replace (or) has replaced Datu Hashim"... please verify this with an expert though...

[Gavin Nugent]

BigG!!! Outstanding!!! Thank you!!!

This new dimension, although as you suggest BigG, awaiting expert assesment, in the context you noted certainly adds a wonderful historical apect to this spear!
It seems like a changing of the guard to to speak....and for it to me marked on the twistcore spear head...this really must have been important...this really is getting interesting.

THANK YOU

Gav