Help with old family ring inscription

Hrulj · 9th January 2015, 03:58 PM

Can anyone help me? I dont know if its Arabic, Ottoman, or Bosnian in arabic script. If you can read it, would you please translate, I would really appreciate your help

fernando · 9th January 2015, 04:42 PM

Welcome to the forum, Hrulj

Can't you make a better picture ?

Hrulj · 9th January 2015, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by fernando

Welcome to the forum, Hrulj

Can't you make a better picture ?

Thank you

I tried but its very hard, the stone is brown, and inscription is chisseled into it so its hard to see with naked eye.

Try opening in new tab and making the picture smaller, its easier to see. Tbh, I dont understand why the picture is so large here on forum

Battara · 15th January 2015, 03:45 AM

Looks like it is an Islamic (Ottoman?) signet ring. Notice that the engraving is backwards so that when pressed into wax, the script will be correct.

Makes me wonder if the silver mounting is later, though I am not up on my signet rings.

Oliver Pinchot · 15th January 2015, 04:05 AM

It's a seal ring. In order to read it easily, you need to stamp it into a piece of clay or putty and shoot a jpeg of that. It looks like a name but an impression of it will confirm what it says.

Hrulj · 15th January 2015, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Oliver Pinchot

It's a seal ring. In order to read it easily, you need to stamp it into a piece of clay or putty and shoot a jpeg of that. It looks like a name but an impression of it will confirm what it says.

Will try to do that and post pic ASAP
Thanks for idea

9th January 2015, 03:58 PM	#1
Hrulj Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 4	Help with old family ring inscription Can anyone help me? I dont know if its Arabic, Ottoman, or Bosnian in arabic script. If you can read it, would you please translate, I would really appreciate your help

9th January 2015, 04:42 PM	#2
fernando Lead Moderator European Armoury Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,641	Welcome to the forum, Hrulj Can't you make a better picture ?

15th January 2015, 03:45 AM	#4
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,139	Looks like it is an Islamic (Ottoman?) signet ring. Notice that the engraving is backwards so that when pressed into wax, the script will be correct. Makes me wonder if the silver mounting is later, though I am not up on my signet rings.

15th January 2015, 04:05 AM	#5
Oliver Pinchot Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 456	It's a seal ring. In order to read it easily, you need to stamp it into a piece of clay or putty and shoot a jpeg of that. It looks like a name but an impression of it will confirm what it says.