Can anyone read this script?
 

I know Pelicans are a diverse group here. Many speak and read multiple languages. So I'm asking if anyone can read this script.

It's my better half's ring. All we know is it's turn of the century and hand made. It's a cigar band ring.

Can anyone read this or make sense of it?

http://www.imageshack.com/scaled/large/534/ring2q.jpg
http://www.imageshack.com/scaled/large/837/ring1o.jpg

Loosely translated...

Do not remove under penalty if law.

LOL....I can't tell if you're being serious or not.

What language is the script?

"One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them."

You better run.

^^I was worried about this....people giving me their interpretation of what the ring says.

I was hoping to get the right answer. We've wondered for years what it says. Nobody seems to know.

Thought it might be worth a try here.

It's Pelican, what did you expect? :D

It looks middle eastern, but not Hebrew......there, I narrowed it down to a few dozen languages with a few dozen dialects each.

The inner band looks to have a good deal more patina than the rest. What's the composition?

I know....but one can hope!!

It says

'OMG, some idiot is going to spend a lifetime trying to translate this 5hit.' ;)

Hahahah!!!

Not quite a lifetime, no. But I've put it up in a few forums. Still no luck!!

It looks like Buddhist script to me.

Is Vash a Buddhist? :confused:

^^^Someone said it could possibly be Sanskrit.

Sanskrit was used in Buddhist writings IIRC....

The writing says, Warning! Do not wear for more than 4 hours.

Something tells me it's not for your finger.

Man...if it's not for your finger, I feel sorry for the guy wearing it. It's a very small ring.

"Made in China"?

It says "Golem of the Year."

post on AskReddit

ok, i admit in the right light, i do look like the Golden Child..but no, i am not Buddhist.

i bet is says this:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1376499263.gif

Farsi??

Notice how all the letters are against one edge of the center band, giving a continuous 'line' of brass at the other edge... There are only a few languages that use a continuous line linking all their script letters.
Farsi and Arabic are not among them.
Sanskrit is, as is Bengali, Gurmukhi, Devanagari and Assamese.
Use google images to look at samples of each and see if you can spot similarities.

Think about what was in vogue at the time it was made. Perhaps something from the Indian continent since Brittania still ruled and going on Safari was still the aristocratic thing to do.

Was this handed down in the family? If so, maybe think about what the original owner was doing with her life at the time, and where she may have picked it up.

Oh, and if it is any of those languages I listed, then it is upside down in your picture.

Just texted this thread to Indiana Jones.

Well, he did study under Professor Ravenwood at the University of Chicago.

Ax this guy:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1376515239.jpg

Sanskrit....

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1376522079.gif

It's Ethiopian, no joke. See Edgar Allan Poe's "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket."

Good Lord, a Stargate reference?

I can't see it very clearly. Aziz, LIGHT!

http://www.alicia-logic.com/capsimag...0AzizLight.jpg

Is that Wingdings?

Even if we haven't found an answer yet (ever?), this has been fun.

Cheers, gents. :)

Ethiopian Alphabet

Likely. But also look at Devanagari.

Ethiopian? Doubt it.
Ethiopian has no matra line, afaik.