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cannonmn · 19th November 2008, 02:28 PM

I posted here over a year ago asking if anyone could read the Jawi that appears on the five-foot-long bronze lantaka in the photos. At that time, as I recall, no one was able to fully interpret it. I am trying again.

Last time I posted I was told this was in Jawi, but this AM another poster told me it is Arabic. Maybe someone could clear that up. I thought Jawi was essentially Arabic used to write in the Malayan language.
Thanks!

p.s. In the first several photos, there's a very dark area in the lower right of the photo. I must have done that digitally right after I took the photos long ago, but I have no idea why, maybe that part was blurred and I blacked it out on purpose. Anyway the entire inscription is shown left to right in the series of photos, if some text is blacked out in one photo, it shows up in another.

19th November 2008, 02:28 PM	#1
cannonmn Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 161	Please translate Arabic or Jawi on old lantaka I posted here over a year ago asking if anyone could read the Jawi that appears on the five-foot-long bronze lantaka in the photos. At that time, as I recall, no one was able to fully interpret it. I am trying again. Last time I posted I was told this was in Jawi, but this AM another poster told me it is Arabic. Maybe someone could clear that up. I thought Jawi was essentially Arabic used to write in the Malayan language. Thanks! p.s. In the first several photos, there's a very dark area in the lower right of the photo. I must have done that digitally right after I took the photos long ago, but I have no idea why, maybe that part was blurred and I blacked it out on purpose. Anyway the entire inscription is shown left to right in the series of photos, if some text is blacked out in one photo, it shows up in another. Last edited by cannonmn; 19th November 2008 at 06:13 PM.