Markings on a Takouba-mounted European Backsword

kronckew · 17th May 2016, 08:54 AM

glad you finally got it. interesting sword. i have a kaskara coming from france to the UK, shipped 5 days ago via colissimo. tracking says it' in switzerland.hope i do better with it's delivery.

here's a cyrillic alphabet from bulgaria - note the nackwards Ns are western Is

the 'Z' apears to be an earlier form of the modern cyrillic 'З', ='Ze'. not sure what that last letter would be. could be an early version of whatever. i'm not versed in ancient non western alphabets, of which there are a zillion.

i flipped the sword to make it easier to see

blue lander · 17th May 2016, 01:21 PM

Hopefully someone can make heads or tails of it.

I can't find my good camera but here are two more pictures I took from my phone.

Assuming it is Cyrillic, and the backwards N's are I's and the C's are S's, maybe it says Zmissia or Zaissia? That second character could be an A, an M, or maybe a Yus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 18th May 2016, 10:25 AM

I note the appearance in this line of capitals of two Majescule A which may be compared with The Odd Sword ,,,marks... http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=sword

As far as I could deduce the letters were A 5 I IJ IJ A with two Majescule A one at each end of the string of letters.

kronckew · 19th May 2016, 10:33 AM

re: my earlier worry about colissimo. my short takouba sword shipped this last friday p.m. from the paris area, went to switzerland. got a note from the service delivering it last night that they'd deliver sometime today. here bright and early just before 8a.m. so it took about4+ days. colissimo shows it as being at the local delivery co.'s warehouse. guess they've not got the word yet.

TVV · 20th May 2016, 04:34 AM

I doubt the letters are Cyrillic.

Sincerely,
Teodor

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 22nd May 2016, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TVV

I doubt the letters are Cyrillic.

Sincerely,
Teodor

I think you are correct ... not Cyrillic probably a Tuareg dialect ... They used the inside out N and the Majiscule A as well as the three dots.

17th May 2016, 08:54 AM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	glad you finally got it. interesting sword. i have a kaskara coming from france to the UK, shipped 5 days ago via colissimo. tracking says it' in switzerland.hope i do better with it's delivery. here's a cyrillic alphabet from bulgaria - note the nackwards Ns are western Is the 'Z' apears to be an earlier form of the modern cyrillic 'З', ='Ze'. not sure what that last letter would be. could be an early version of whatever. i'm not versed in ancient non western alphabets, of which there are a zillion. i flipped the sword to make it easier to see Attached Images Last edited by kronckew; 17th May 2016 at 09:37 AM.

17th May 2016, 01:21 PM	#2
blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 456	Hopefully someone can make heads or tails of it. I can't find my good camera but here are two more pictures I took from my phone. Assuming it is Cyrillic, and the backwards N's are I's and the C's are S's, maybe it says Zmissia or Zaissia? That second character could be an A, an M, or maybe a Yus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yus Attached Images Last edited by blue lander; 17th May 2016 at 05:54 PM.

18th May 2016, 10:25 AM	#3
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	I note the appearance in this line of capitals of two Majescule A which may be compared with The Odd Sword ,,,marks... http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=sword As far as I could deduce the letters were A 5 I IJ IJ A with two Majescule A one at each end of the string of letters. Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 18th May 2016 at 11:35 AM.

19th May 2016, 10:33 AM	#4
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,224	re: my earlier worry about colissimo. my short takouba sword shipped this last friday p.m. from the paris area, went to switzerland. got a note from the service delivering it last night that they'd deliver sometime today. here bright and early just before 8a.m. so it took about4+ days. colissimo shows it as being at the local delivery co.'s warehouse. guess they've not got the word yet.

20th May 2016, 04:34 AM	#5
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,664	I doubt the letters are Cyrillic. Sincerely, Teodor