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Old 2nd August 2011, 10:51 AM   #1
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Lovely keris. Lovely pamor.

I also like the pendok with the linear design. I have a similar one on one of my keris. Is there a name for this specific pendok motif ?

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Hello Willem,
Yogya pendok fitted on a Solonese warangka or just a manufacturer stamp?
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Old 2nd August 2011, 11:52 AM   #2
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Hello Willem,
Yogya pendok fitted on a Solonese warangka or just a manufacturer stamp?
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Good question.
The pendok fits like a glove and seems original to the scabbard.
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Old 3rd August 2011, 12:30 AM   #3
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GIO, I cannot read hanacaraka (Javanese script), and the letters within the coat of arms of the Karaton Ngayogyakarta are somewhat stylised, but even so, I think that we will find that these leters are "Hb", standing for "Hamengkubuwana", the common abbreviation for the title of the Sultan of Jogja:-

Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuwun Kanjeng Hamengku Buwono Senapati ing Ngalaga , Abdurrahman Sayidin Panatagama Kalifatullah.

One thing is absolutely certain:- these letters are not any form of Arabic script, they are Javanese script, and they do not read as "Allah".
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Old 3rd August 2011, 02:32 AM   #4
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GIO, I cannot read hanacaraka (Javanese script), and the letters within the coat of arms of the Karaton Ngayogyakarta are somewhat stylised, but even so, I think that we will find that these leters are "Hb", standing for "Hamengkubuwana", the common abbreviation for the title of the Sultan of Jogja:-

Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuwun Kanjeng Hamengku Buwono Senapati ing Ngalaga , Abdurrahman Sayidin Panatagama Kalifatullah.

One thing is absolutely certain:- these letters are not any form of Arabic script, they are Javanese script, and they do not read as "Allah".
Yes, those are Javanese aksara.
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Old 3rd August 2011, 10:19 AM   #5
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Jean, you convinced me.
I think I have understood the reason of the confusion created by the interpretation of the monogram.
If you examine the writing of Allah in islamic, you will certainly notice that the monogram on the pendok is very similar, but the letters are written in the correct sequence and in reverse sequence. If you show it to a person who knows Arabic only, he will be oriented to read what the monogram looks like to him. To have a more clear idea please look at the writing of the 99 names of Allah in Wikipedia.
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Old 3rd August 2011, 11:13 AM   #6
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If you examine the writing of Allah in islamic, you will certainly notice that the monogram on the pendok is very similar, but the letters are written in the correct sequence and in reverse sequence.
Hello Gio,
If you look at the coat of arms upside down, the writing looks a little bit like Allah indeed but an arabic language teacher should not confuse it.
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Old 3rd August 2011, 12:53 PM   #7
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Jean, you convinced me.
I think I have understood the reason of the confusion created by the interpretation of the monogram.
If you examine the writing of Allah in islamic, you will certainly notice that the monogram on the pendok is very similar, but the letters are written in the correct sequence and in reverse sequence. If you show it to a person who knows Arabic only, he will be oriented to read what the monogram looks like to him. To have a more clear idea please look at the writing of the 99 names of Allah in Wikipedia.
Hallo Gio
About the name look this post:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3831
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Hallo Gio
About the name look this post:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3831
Hallo Gio
About the name look this post:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3831
PS: sorry all , about the wood is not timoho but another kind of wood but i don't remember the name
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