samsamka: (geeky)
samsamka ([personal profile] samsamka) wrote2009-04-25 02:32 pm
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Arabic speakers?

Dear lazywebs,

Can anyone read this?

From Drop Box


It's inscribed on a signet ring that I bought in Jerusalem (this drawing is, of course, a mirror image of what's on the ring, since the writing in signet rings is always backwards - this is how it should the actual stamp should look). The vendor claimed it didn't actually say anything, but someone else who saw it said it did but that they didn't read Arabic well enough to read it. I am guessing it's just someone's name, or initials, but it would be cool to know.

(apologies if the letters are messed up somewhat - I couldn't get a good, clear photo of the actual stamp, so I had to copy it freehand)

edit: here's the actual ring, mirror-flipped in photoshop thanks to [livejournal.com profile] greyling!

From Israel 2009 #2

[identity profile] sammka.livejournal.com 2009-04-25 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
it sure doesn't look like Hebrew, and it's supposedly Bedouin in origin?