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Old 10th December 2012, 07:28 PM   #1
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I hope that somebody could tell me which language it is ..
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Old 10th December 2012, 07:35 PM   #2
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I will guess that this 'buss last saw action in Sumatra .
Maybe that will help with the script .
I expect a lot of those marks are talismanic in nature; but there is still something there to read .
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Old 10th December 2012, 07:48 PM   #3
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Please show the rest, too.
In the center there are the seven seals of Solomon (= very famous pan-Islamic talismanic motifs).
It's strange that motif #2 is supposed to be #7. Otherwise they are in the proper order with the star (#1) repeated.

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Old 10th December 2012, 07:54 PM   #4
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Please show the rest, too.
In the center there are most of the seven seals of Solomon (= very famous pan-Islamic talismanic motifs).

Michael
you will find all the pics in my thread "Need id and translation for a big blunderbuss."
Please tell me more if possible about this blunderbuss marks

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Old 10th December 2012, 08:10 PM   #5
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OK,

Here is a copy from Canaan. It's in German but it gives you some ideas. The main thing is that it is based on the symbolism of the number 7.

Michael

Reference: Canaan, T. 1914. Aberglaube und Volksmedizin im Lande der Bibel. Hamburg: L. Friederichsen & Co.

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you will find all the pics in my thread "Need id and translation for a big blunderbuss."
Please tell me more if possible about this blunderbuss marks

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Old 10th December 2012, 08:23 PM   #6
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Here I found a short explanation in French, too.
It's from Doutté and the square with the seals in is a version of the Latin square where, usually a formula or passage from the Qur'an, is repeated in such a way that the same symbol/word only occurs once in each direction.
If you combine the table from Canaan with the explanation from Doutté I think you will get most of it...

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Reference: Doutté, Edmond. 1909. Magie & religion dans l’Afrique du Nord. Alger: Typographe Adolphe Jourdan.
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