A Burmese dha with silver and copper koftgari

[~Alaung_Hpaya~]

Originally Posted by Mark

I had the one inscription wrong - it does indeed have three names. I can't find my translation of the second, so I might be mis-remembering it as well.

Maung Bo Thein is definitely a person's name ( Burmese has three tones and one variant . The Bo in that name is the third long tone like in "it's soooo not true ... " or "go " whereas Bo in leader is the middle tone like when one pronounces the letter "o" ) Bo means geat grand father or perhaps just grand . How old is that sword . The combination of syllables would hint a a name which would have been popular at the turn of the last century 1900s - 1930s . If the sword maker / owner is still alive he would be at least in his seventies .

Not sure why it is written Po in english the consonant used is definately ba a hard "b".


The second sword bears the name Maung Ba : again an old fashioned name .