ACEH COJANG FOR TRANSLATION ,MALAY/ARABIC INSCRIPTION / STRANGE DATE

asomotif · 17th May 2012, 10:37 PM

Thank you very much Dom.
You are a great help to me (and others)

Indeed your sugestion that the date is in european digits is probably the best explanation.
1317 would than equal the year 1899 in western calender.
This also seems more logical with the style and age of the piece.

I hope that Mohd can join in and help with the inscription too.
He was also of great help on another translation case I had last year :
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=rencong

Best regards,
Willem

17th May 2012, 10:37 PM	#11
asomotif Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 2,228	Thank you very much Dom. You are a great help to me (and others) Indeed your sugestion that the date is in european digits is probably the best explanation. 1317 would than equal the year 1899 in western calender. This also seems more logical with the style and age of the piece. I hope that Mohd can join in and help with the inscription too. He was also of great help on another translation case I had last year : http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=rencong Best regards, Willem