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17th November 2009, 07:00 AM
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Hmm, if it were a geometric motif, I would expect it to be symmetric. I believe there is a simple inscription here, even is masked, and hopefully Dom or someone else might be able to shed more light.
Regards, Teodor |
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17th November 2009, 10:37 AM
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Good observation Teodor! This does seem more linear, and perhaps there might be some sort of symbolism concealed in this......the thot plickens
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17th November 2009, 05:21 PM
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Thanks for the replies. I also was thinking that if it were just a design it would be symetrical. Hopefully someone on here can shed some light on this! I've included a link to another post that has some more pictures of the knife.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10953 |
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18th November 2009, 01:46 AM
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Looks Evil to me
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18th November 2009, 05:34 PM
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yes "jswillems" is a lucky guy  1 - as I already wrote, that khoumyia is a quality "mousse" (name given by Moorish to that specific knife) 2 - there is a date apparently 1299 Hegira either 1881 Gregorian 3 - there are names; Mohamed Ahmed that khoumyia is realy above the nice one by all those particularities  and I'm very sorry to don't be the owner  again, congratulations "jswillems" à + Dom |
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18th November 2009, 05:53 PM
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Dom, you are an absolute treasure on these inscriptions!!! Not only can I not read these Arabic inscriptions, here I couldnt even recognize the characters, and was patently incorrect in assuming such inscriptions did not occur in hilt decoration. Thank you for stabilizing my perspective on these fascinating weapons, and a valuable addition in understanding them....a beautiful example P.S.Willems!!!! Please show the entire koummya OK?
Good call Teodor!!! All the best, Jim |
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18th November 2009, 06:34 PM
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he remind us this a link (see here on above )all pic's are there http://www.vikingsword.co/vb/showthread.php?t=10953 all the best à + Dom |
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18th November 2009, 08:04 PM
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Wow, thank you for all the great information! I never would have guessed that this koummya would be of such quality. Heck of a way to get started in the hobby!
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18th November 2009, 08:42 PM
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Beware Beginner's Luck ...
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19th November 2009, 12:26 AM
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by a more acute examination, we found the "cherry on the cake" the word "A'AM" in Arabic, means "YEAR" in English, just before the digits by experience, I'm very familiar with numbers in Arabic, but I dunno to read or write that language ... just the voice  when I showed to my translator the date, she was doubting about my reading as far as I was insisting, suddenly she got it, and she read the word "A'AM" all mentions are writing in a way more of decoration than in calligraphy  à + Dom |
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