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WeissWeiss Posts: 9,935 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Found this panel many years ago. Writing on both sides. Any idea of what it is and what it says?

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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, but would also love to find out.


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    harashaharasha Posts: 3,079 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nor do I, but the handwriting is beautifully precise, in all seriousness.

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    JohnnyCacheJohnnyCache Posts: 1,669 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Weiss,

    If I recall correctly your rental business operates in a college town, or in close proximity, I'd bet they have a language department there that would be more than willing to translate this for you. I bet, even just dropping in, casually without an appointment, they would be accommodating.

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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,935 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not a bad idea, @JohnnyCache But that would require getting up from my desk :D

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
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    WeissWeiss Posts: 9,935 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a flat board, probably pine. Maybe 24 inches tall by 10 inches wide. Someone seems to have taken a long time smoothing, shaping, and sanding it. But the writing appears to be in felt marker, like a sharpie. Reminds me of the way the 10 commandments are usually depicted.

    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,109 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are many Arabic speaking students at the school where I teach. I'll ask one of them Monday if they can read it.


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    JohnnyCacheJohnnyCache Posts: 1,669 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Anything to report back on this?

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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,109 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a religious text. Still working on what exactly it says. Haven't had a chance for a student to look at it closely.


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