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Yes, I know I got it wrong. But hey, for an ignorant Westerner working out of a book, I don't think I did too badly.
You did quite good
I guess if I were in your place I wouldn't be able to get so far
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there's nothing in my book that says reading Arabic on coins from bottom to top is normal.
neither in my book
but it id just a way to fit the words in a small area in a decorative manner
its an old way of writing Arabic
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If they'd drawn the "m" with a hole in it like it's supposed to have, I'd have had a better chance at getting the second word right -
the "M" in this type of writing is written closed without any holes
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I would have read it as either "Zuman" or "Rufan", depending on which letter that pesky dot between those two letters is actually supposed to be hovering over. And where'd the dot that's supposed to be below the "b" go?
you neglected the dot above the "R", with the dot it is a "Z" .... see what a small dot can do
Quote: And where'd the dot that's supposed to be below the "b" go? Is that it, below the "S"? What's it doing down there?!? Without it, I thought the "b" was just a decorative flourish on an isolate "H".
at last I found something that Sap doesn't know and I do
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I've said it before: I can read Arabic much better once I already know what it says.
what about the number "4" you placed at 11 o'clock
Posted 07/30/2011 08:19 am
