ISLAMIC TRANSLATION REQUEST ON A RENTJONG

[mohd]

Hi Willem,

Congrats to you!
It sure is a beautiful piece

Originally Posted by asomotif

.. islamic script, but maybe tekst in jawi or malay ?
The rentjong was given by a local ruler to a dutch lady in 1928 and is claimed to be from approx 1860 ..

Originally Posted by Battara

.. Yes the script is Arabic but may be in Achenese = Jawi ..

Originally Posted by Dom

.. the script use the Arabic alphabet ..

It is Acehnese language written in Jawi script (i.e. originally is Arabic script).

The first line عـﻼ مـت read "alamt" which is a word that means address or sign or symbol.

عـ ± a
ﻼ‎ ± la
مـ ± m
ـت‎ ± t

The second line تــكــو يــون read "Tku (i.e. Teuku or Teku) Yun" which is a two words name of a person.

تـ ± t
ـكـ ± k
ـو ± u

and

يـ ± y
ـو ± u
ن ± n (i.e. It is placed at the above of the first two alphabets but the dot on the top of the alphabet itself is missing though; anyhow without doubt the very basic stroke of the alphabet is clearly shown as ن ± n in there)

The third line is a Jawi script س which represent ســنــة (i.e. Arabic "sanah") which means year and followed by the year 1348 (i.e. 1929) or 1318 (i.e. 1900).

١ = 1
٣ = 3
٤ = 4 or ١ = 1
٨ = 8

What's the meaning of the whole scripts?
IMVHO it might means that the Rencong was originally belong to or made for (i.e. "alamt") Teuku Yun and the Rencong or the rehandling of the Rencong was made in 1900 or 1929.
Teuku Yun is strictly Acehnese name.
Teuku is a male royal title in Aceh (i.e. equivalence to Prince) who might be a local ruler of a certain district during those olden days.

Hope this helps you a little, Willem

mohd

[Battara]

Thank you Mohd. Great job! Information like this helps with researching all our pieces.

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by mohd

Hope this helps you a little, Willem

mohd

Thank you very much.
It helps a lot !

[erikscollectables]

Congratulations, was already wondering who got it - it was already gone when I saw it. Superb piece and now with a name lucky catch!

I am quite sure it will be massive gold of 18k or more but it will have a resin or horn base on which this is put so not the whole handle is gold but still a nice amount of high grade gold!

All the best, Erik

[Jonno]

Very nice piece Willem.
Congratulations
Best,
John

[kai]

Congrats, Willem!

Since nobody mentioned it: I'm standing first in line if you ever dicide to let it go...

Regards,
Kai

[VVV]

Nice catch Willem,

I also followed the auction but the pictures were to bad and it was too much descriptions in Dutch for me to join.

Congratulations!

Michael

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by VVV

Nice catch Willem,

I also followed the auction but the pictures were to bad and it was too much descriptions in Dutch for me to join.

Congratulations!

Michael

Pfew !!! lucky me, that kept the price a little bit down.

Indeed they used old pictures from 2004 when the piece was taxated by Jaap Polak (A'dam antique dealer).
That was my luck and also the seller was 20 minute drive from my home.
From just the pictures I would not have bought it either.

Thanks and best regards,
Willem

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by kai

Congrats, Willem!

Since nobody mentioned it: I'm standing first in line if you ever dicide to let it go...

Regards,
Kai

Thanks Kai,
I am afraid you are already second in line

Best regards,
Willem