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Article #3163Re: Puzzle - Unknown Script - help needed.
From: Michael Gierhake
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 00:00
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anna vayaki (annav@matrix.kapatel.gr) writes:
> It is Arabic type. Could be also Armenian or old Turkish,
> before the latinisation of the alphabet. Try those
> news groups
It's definitely not Arabic - the vertical line and the circle
are the only symbols even remotely resembling any Arabic
letters ('alif/Ta marbuTa). :)
Plus there would be ligatures between letters in Arabic.
You may want to look at some early Semitic writing systems, eg
Phoenician or Maccabaic (see Faulhaber's "Buch der Schrift" p.78).
Regards, Michael
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Michael Gierhake
michael@candi.owl.de
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