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jagabuwana · 28th March 2018, 10:56 PM

To add on to Green's translation / transliteration of the first handle, it is the Shahada as he has said, but it is truncated. Instead of "...Muhammad ar-rasoolallah" (Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah) it is shortened to just "Muhammad ar-rasoolu" (.. is The Prophet).

I don't recognise what's on the Celebes ivory handle. It kinda looks like Sanskrit, or a script derived from it.

I also don't recognise the last photo as any script at all.

28th March 2018, 10:56 PM	#12
jagabuwana Member Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 276	To add on to Green's translation / transliteration of the first handle, it is the Shahada as he has said, but it is truncated. Instead of "...Muhammad ar-rasoolallah" (Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah) it is shortened to just "Muhammad ar-rasoolu" (.. is The Prophet). I don't recognise what's on the Celebes ivory handle. It kinda looks like Sanskrit, or a script derived from it. I also don't recognise the last photo as any script at all.