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Old 8th September 2010, 10:46 AM   #1
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Default azimat on sikin scabbard: help please!

Anyone who would like to try helping me with a translation of a text, written on a sikin scabbard?

It is a long text, almost along the whole backside of the scabbard.
If anybody would be that kind and wants to give it a try, I could move the metal bands and post some close up images of the whole text...

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Old 8th September 2010, 02:33 PM   #2
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Maurice ... as you know ... (Posts: 552)
may you apply our rules for translation, please
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11201

anyway, after review,
the writing uses the Arabic alphabet,
but the language used is not the Arab

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Old 8th September 2010, 06:20 PM   #3
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Maurice ... as you know ... (Posts: 552)
may you apply our rules for translation, please
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11201

anyway, after review,
the writing uses the Arabic alphabet,
but the language used is not the Arab

regards

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Dom, I was hoping for your help....:-)
And yes............I know the rules and will also respect them!
But....it came in today, and couldn't wait asking for help on the translation, so I quickly made a picture of text only because I had little time this afternoon.
I made more images just half an hour ago, and will post them after uploaded them from my camera to my computer, if I find a little time this evening.

And ofcourse I have taken better images of the text, hoping to get any translation..

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Old 8th September 2010, 07:04 PM   #4
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And it took me more as 3,5 years to post them!
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Old 8th September 2010, 07:15 PM   #5
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may you apply our rules for translation, please
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11201
Here it is.
No gold, suassa, ivory, silver or provenance, just another sikin....

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Old 8th September 2010, 07:23 PM   #6
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Default Text close ups!

Here some close ups of the text!

Forgive me if the text is upside down.
If so we have 3 options:

Option 1:
Turn your computerscreen upside down and try to translate!

Option 2:
Stand on your head before the computerscreen and try to translate than

.......and if that don't work either, we still have option 3!

Option 3:
I will turn the images and post them the other way around...
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Old 8th September 2010, 10:18 PM   #7
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Looks like I see a bismallah in the first picture (which is upside down).
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Old 8th September 2010, 10:26 PM   #8
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... hard luck

ALL upside down
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Old 8th September 2010, 10:40 PM   #9
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Thank you Jose,

I hope we can figure out the translation
I will post the images of the text turned the right way....

@ Dom: That is also the reason why I don't participate in the lottery.......
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