A composed Malay keris; is it matching?

[David]

Please excuse this westerners ignorance, but isn't Arabic usually read from right to left? Is it different for numbers?

[Dom]

Originally Posted by David

Please excuse this westerners ignorance, but isn't Arabic usually read from right to left? Is it different for numbers?

Hi David
don't mention,
yes, it's different and cause of a lot of error, even for the Arab
coze we mention
- in first the "thousand"
- then the hundred,
- then the units,
- and at last the 'tenth"
and from left to right,
while the text is read from right to left

à +

Dom

[Sajen]

Hi Dom,

any change to decode the other inscription?

Regards,

Detlef

[Dom]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hi Dom,

any change to decode the other inscription?

Regards,

Detlef

Hi Detlef
here all my best ...

SANA either YEAR
1281 either 1864


MA??
no way to go further ... sorry

my translations are "only" translations, no guarantee of authenticity as to their validity
no commitment on OUR part at this level,
our capabilities are limited to a deep knowledge of the Arabic language (Forsa, that means "classic")
and a little knowledge about weapons of the Middle East, and the Great Maghreb

à +

Dom

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Dom

Hi Detlef
here all my best ...

SANA either YEAR
1281 either 1864


MA??
no way to go further ... sorry

my translations are "only" translations, no guarantee of authenticity as to their validity
no commitment on OUR part at this level,
our capabilities are limited to a deep knowledge of the Arabic language (Forsa, that means "classic")
and a little knowledge about weapons of the Middle East, and the Great Maghreb

à +

Dom

Hi Dom,

thank you again! That's more than I supposed to get. This are maybe the initials of the artist.

Kind regards,

Detlef

[David]

Originally Posted by Dom

Hi David
don't mention,
yes, it's different and cause of a lot of error, even for the Arab
coze we mention
- in first the "thousand"
- then the hundred,
- then the units,
- and at last the 'tenth"
and from left to right,
while the text is read from right to left

à +

Dom

Thanks for clearing that up Dom. Of course, as confusing as this sounds to me i always have the greatest admiration for the members her who use English as their second language because as easy as it might come to me i know that it is indeed one of the most difficult languages to master.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by David

Thanks for clearing that up Dom. Of course, as confusing as this sounds to me i always have the greatest admiration for the members her who use English as their second language because as easy as it might come to me i know that it is indeed one of the most difficult languages to master.

Oh, try german!! My wife (from Indonesia) find it sometimes confusing!

[David]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Oh, try german!! My wife (from Indonesia) find it sometimes confusing!

Actually i took 4 years of German in high school. English is a less logical language with far more rules and exceptions to rules so i think in the end it is far more complex and confusing.
BTW, don't try testing my German. After 35 years of not using it after learning it i would be totally lost...