29th July 2008, 02:00 PM | #1 |
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Help with inscription
Here is the inscription on the handle of a shashka.
I am primarily confused about the date: illiterate master? Please help! |
29th July 2008, 10:12 PM | #2 |
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ariel can you give me a closup on the date. It does not look right but I will try
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31st July 2008, 11:32 PM | #3 | |
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I submitted the text to my favorite translator, and she is formal it's not a date, but she translated a part of the script, a name, what it's before could be "farsi or turkish" and requiere an other translator à + Dom Last edited by Dom; 31st July 2008 at 11:44 PM. |
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1st August 2008, 02:23 AM | #4 |
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ok playing with the date reading backwards 302 would translate to 1302 AH =1894 AD. this is straight guess work. Ismal is possible but I am not sure of it
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1st August 2008, 02:55 AM | #5 |
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No matter how we look at it, the date is confusing: either 203 ( 1203???) with the wrong orientation of horizontal bars or 302 ( 1302???) with not only wrong horizontals, but with the wrong direction of the entire set of numerals.
That's what I mean by "illiterate". My translator suggested: Tasto(h) bin Ismael bin Ali. |
1st August 2008, 08:03 AM | #6 |
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Why I read 203 easily?
It is possibly because I am too illiterate in arab script |
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may be ... it's a second nature with you to see everything backward sorry for .... humour à + Dom |
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