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Marcus 16th April 2015 03:45 PM

Betel nut inscription
 
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I am working on my article about the betel nut drug activity and in fact discovered something else new. To augment the story I acquired these three cutters. Can anyone please help with the inscription?
Thanks,
Marcus

Battara 16th April 2015 04:52 PM

I'm going to move this to our miscellaneous section.

Oriental-Arms 18th April 2015 07:16 PM

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For further reading see Henry Brownrigg "BETELSCHNIDER", The collection of Smuel Eilenberg, in German, Hansjorg Mayer edition Stuttgart

fernando 18th April 2015 08:26 PM

Also availabe in english, with title "BETEL CUTTERS", printed by Thames and Hudson

Sajen 18th April 2015 11:17 PM

Yes, agree, it's a very good reference booklet about betel cutters. :)

Marcus 18th April 2015 11:47 PM

book
 
I have ordered a copy of the book. What about the inscription?

Marcus 20th April 2015 10:01 PM

An Indian friend reports
 
This writing is in 'Gujarati' language spoken in the northwest region of India.
The first two letters can be the name of the shop or the name of the person who made it. The third word is a little unclear.
The last word is the name of the city.

It says: Ka-sa-ra Ji-va-ra-j Shro-pa-ta Jaa-ma-na-ga-r
Phonetically: (C)ut-(Sa)sha-D(ra)ft (Je)ans-(Ve)rse-D(ra)ft-(J)ump (Same as it sounds) (Jaa)-(ma)-Win(ne)r-Dig(ger)


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