Help with talismanic inscriptions?

Bill M · 22nd January 2007, 11:22 AM

Could we see some overall pictures? The handle?

VVV · 22nd January 2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill Marsh

Could we see some overall pictures? The handle?

Sure,

Do you have any ideas of the meaning?

Michael

Dajak · 22nd January 2007, 04:58 PM

Hi Michael very nice handle does it have an scabbard

Ben

VVV · 22nd January 2007, 05:46 PM

Hi Ben,

No, sometimes you can't get it all...

Michael

Tim Simmons · 22nd January 2007, 06:26 PM

Seeing the whole blade could it be a fire breathing mythical creature. At the handle there are what might be scales then a decorated snout? and what could be flames. Do Eastern dragons breath fire or is that just European dragons which are always terrible creatures?

Dajak · 22nd January 2007, 06:50 PM

Hi Michael after a close look I don t think this is talisman inscription
It might be decoration they use like floral motifs

just a gues

Ben

katana · 22nd January 2007, 06:59 PM

Hi VVV,
I am wondering whether the central 'column' of symbols... maybe some form of pictogram.....the bottom one does have a 'resemblance' to a human form.....a possibility if there are no 'definative answers'.

PS I am assuming that it is read 'sword upright' .....bottom being 'closest to hilt'........nice example..by the way

VVV · 22nd January 2007, 07:29 PM

Thanks all for your input!

Ben, sorry but I disagree that floral motifs are decorative only.
It's one of the oldest, universal symbols of the cycle of birth/life and death.

Tim, maybe the scales are eggs (Naga eggs)?
I don't know but your dragon description gave me some ideas...

Katana, I haven't thought about it as a pictogram before.
Anyone knowledgeable about Moro culture who has seen pictograms used somewhere else within this culture?

Michael

22nd January 2007, 06:26 PM	#5
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,843	A wild guess Seeing the whole blade could it be a fire breathing mythical creature. At the handle there are what might be scales then a decorated snout? and what could be flames. Do Eastern dragons breath fire or is that just European dragons which are always terrible creatures?

22nd January 2007, 06:59 PM	#7
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi VVV, I am wondering whether the central 'column' of symbols... maybe some form of pictogram.....the bottom one does have a 'resemblance' to a human form.....a possibility if there are no 'definative answers'. PS I am assuming that it is read 'sword upright' .....bottom being 'closest to hilt'........nice example..by the way Attached Images

22nd January 2007, 11:22 AM	#1
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	Could we see some overall pictures? The handle?

22nd January 2007, 04:58 PM	#3
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	Hi Michael very nice handle does it have an scabbard Ben

22nd January 2007, 05:46 PM	#4
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Hi Ben, No, sometimes you can't get it all... Michael

22nd January 2007, 06:50 PM	#6
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	Hi Michael after a close look I don t think this is talisman inscription It might be decoration they use like floral motifs just a gues Ben

22nd January 2007, 07:29 PM	#8
VVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,637	Thanks all for your input! Ben, sorry but I disagree that floral motifs are decorative only. It's one of the oldest, universal symbols of the cycle of birth/life and death. Tim, maybe the scales are eggs (Naga eggs)? I don't know but your dragon description gave me some ideas... Katana, I haven't thought about it as a pictogram before. Anyone knowledgeable about Moro culture who has seen pictograms used somewhere else within this culture? Michael