ACEH COJANG FOR TRANSLATION ,MALAY/ARABIC INSCRIPTION / STRANGE DATE

[Dom]

Originally Posted by asomotif

It looks like 2141 ?
Can the forumites help me to make sense of this ?

Hi Willem
the Persians are not writing the date like the Arabs
I said "Persian" because the script is absolutely Persian, no doubt
and the date is 1412 either 2000 ...
for the mention wrote in Arabic alphabet, it's too late,
tomorrow I shall see if it's readable,
but major risk that it's in Farsi language ... as well as the date

à +

Dom

[Rick]

Jawi perhaps ?

[Jentayu]

Its Jawi. From the unclear picture I can deduced that the inscription reads as follows " lapan haribulan Rabiul Akhir" or "eight (8th) of Rabiul Akhir (a name of month in Islamic calendar).

[asomotif]

Originally Posted by Jentayu

Its Jawi. From the unclear picture I can deduced that the inscription reads as follows " lapan haribulan Rabiul Akhir" or "eight (8th) of Rabiul Akhir (a name of month in Islamic calendar).

Thank you Jentayu,

These are pictures of the seller.
As I was not sure about the date I posted also a "mirrored" picture.

I hope to have the piece in hands later this week and will post better pictures then.

Thanks in advance btw for the quick response.

Best regards,
Willem

[Maurice]

Great to see you grabbed it Willem!
A very nicely carved hilt, and sure the text as a bonus, as it wasn't mentioned when it was for sale!

Maurice