Need Translation: Moro Barong Scabbard

Raja Muda · 15th December 2004, 05:10 AM

Hi,

The top inscription looks like Bismillahi Rahman, in the name of God the compassionate, though I think it is imcomplete.
The bottom one is a bit tricky. The starting part looks like wa lailan (and night...?) but the rest of it is undeciperable to me.
From the looks of it, the person who scratched it might either have very basic knowledge of Arabic gleaned from Quran reading lessons or is just copying out the inscription for talismanic reasons.
It looks like an approximation of the words rather than something written by someone highly literate, or the hand would be at least more rounded or cursive. Hope that helps.

LabanTayo · 15th December 2004, 05:16 PM

raja muda,
thank you so much for the help. i wish i could get a better picture of the script. the only way to do that, would be to go over what is written with a pen. i dont want mess with the original look though.
like i said before, there is more writing, but really hard to see.
thanks again,

Federico · 15th December 2004, 05:33 PM

Any chance at seeing pics of the barong that went with this scabbard?

LabanTayo · 15th December 2004, 06:23 PM

no problem, will do tonite.
its a shandigan.

15th December 2004, 05:10 AM	#1
Raja Muda Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 100	Attempt Hi, The top inscription looks like Bismillahi Rahman, in the name of God the compassionate, though I think it is imcomplete. The bottom one is a bit tricky. The starting part looks like wa lailan (and night...?) but the rest of it is undeciperable to me. From the looks of it, the person who scratched it might either have very basic knowledge of Arabic gleaned from Quran reading lessons or is just copying out the inscription for talismanic reasons. It looks like an approximation of the words rather than something written by someone highly literate, or the hand would be at least more rounded or cursive. Hope that helps.

15th December 2004, 05:16 PM	#2
LabanTayo Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kansas City Posts: 177	raja muda, thank you so much for the help. i wish i could get a better picture of the script. the only way to do that, would be to go over what is written with a pen. i dont want mess with the original look though. like i said before, there is more writing, but really hard to see. thanks again,

15th December 2004, 05:33 PM	#3
Federico Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Minneapolis, MN, USA Posts: 312	Any chance at seeing pics of the barong that went with this scabbard?

15th December 2004, 06:23 PM	#4
LabanTayo Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Kansas City Posts: 177	no problem, will do tonite. its a shandigan.