Archive for the ‘Puzzles’ Category

Arabic dish

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Can anyone decipher the writing in the photo below? It appears on a set of dishes.

Arabic dish

Afghan rug

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Can anybody decipher the writing on this rug?

Afghan rug

More details

Puzzle

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

The follow bits of text appear on a tapestry bought in Ürümqi about 50 years ago. My guess is that the writing is in Uighur – can anyone decipher it?

Urumqi tapestry

Chinese cube

Monday, October 19th, 2009

Can any of you decipher the Chinese characters on this cube, which was bought in an antiques shop in Bucharest. The characters look like Small Seal Script to me.

Chinese cube

Puzzling prayer

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

The text on this paper is apparently a prayer. Can any of you decipher it?

Puzzling prayer

Puzzling pumpkin

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

This mysterious writing was found by a visitor to Omniglot on a large pumpkin in a pumpkin patch in Michigan.

Puzzling pumpkin

Can anyone make any sense of the writing?

(It’s the same writing in each image, just different ways up)

Mysterious metal plate

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

A visitor to Omniglot sent me the following photos today asking if anybody can decipher the writing on it, knows the significance of the numbers, or can provide any other details about this metal plate.

Metal plate

Metal plate

Funky cabinet

Friday, September 18th, 2009

A visitor to Omniglot recently bought an antique cabinet with some writing on it and would like to know what it means. Here’s a photo of the writing:

Mysterious writing on funky cabinet

The script is Arabic but I don’t know what it says. Can any of you help?

Puzzle

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

This inscription is carved into a piece of stone in the in the courtyard of the Basilica of San Clemente in Rome, which houses the bones of Saint Cyril. The script is Glagolitic and the language is most likely Church Slavonic. Can any of you decipher the text?

Glagolitic mailbox

Puzzle

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Can any of you identify the writing system or language in the following image?

Puzzle