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KimG
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16 May 2014 at 12:05pm | IP Logged 
In Tune, Norway, archaeologist now tries to interpret a piece of Arabic writing on pottery they found, what makes this odd is it was found close to a famous Viking burial dug out by archaeologists, the famous "Tune Ship" Viking burial. The found was by metal detector.
http://www.nrk.no/ostfold/vet-du-hva-dette-er_-1.11721648
Anyone who can read this? And is it old, or modern?

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16 May 2014 at 1:40pm | IP Logged 
The picture quality is rather poor. My first thought was that this is most likely a Maghribi inscription, because one of the letters look like a Maghribi fāʾ (ڢ) with a dot below the letter. (The regular fāʾ (ف) has a dot above the letter.)

However, since there also appears to be remnants of a Tughra in the center, it looks more likely that the inscription was written in the Ottoman Turkish alphabet.
Since Tughras were first introduced around 700 years ago, the object is most likely not older than that. If I were the archeologist, I'd forget about the inscription and try to identify the Tughra fragment instead.

Edited by Doitsujin on 16 May 2014 at 2:05pm

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18 May 2014 at 9:39am | IP Logged 
Someone also posted this article on Reddit and Reddit user fidelis found a picture of an identical 15th/16th century item.


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18 May 2014 at 10:38am | IP Logged 
Always nice to read your posts Doitsujin! :D
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19 May 2014 at 2:57am | IP Logged 
Actually Arabian coins are quite common finds in Scandinavian viking excavations, so seeing Arabian writing on pottery is not a total surprise.


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