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Message:: [QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 447986, member: 5833"]Need the eyes of members who can read Cyrillic: [USER=9156]@Nick Georgia[/USER] [USER=7919]@Nadia G[/USER] [USER=8151]@avant[/USER] [USER=33]@Figtree3[/USER] [USER=6103]@Caribou's House[/USER] A new acquisition has writing on the back which I at first thought was a pseudo-inscription, one that looks antique but is actually nonsense.  Then it struck me that it could be Cyrillic, & it began to make some sense.  I had to guess in some places, particularly when it came to a character that looks like a Greek lambda, for which I substituted an 'l'. This is my best shot at copying it over: Президем / ИАХ / Алсж Никол / Оленинъ And IM Translator's best shot at translating what it perceives to be Bulgarian: Present / EAH / Alzhel Nicole / Olenin Guessing the abbreviations & numbers below are birth & death, written year, month abbreviation & day.  Bulgaria is now a hotbed of fake engraved gems, so could still be a hoax. This guy defies efforts to photograph.  A bit blurry, but he looks like this: [ATTACH=full]156618[/ATTACH] And the inscription looks like this: [ATTACH=full]156619[/ATTACH] The circled positions are where the 'lambda' character appears. I'm handicapped by not having any knowledge of this family of languages, so can't make educated guesses where there are puzzles.  Anyone care to enlighten me?  Deepest gratitude in advance, & Happy New Year.[/QUOTE]