Arabic dish
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009Can anyone decipher the writing in the photo below? It appears on a set of dishes.

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

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?

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.

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

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

Can anyone make any sense of the writing?
(It’s the same writing in each image, just different ways up)
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.


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:

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

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