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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 406113, member: 5833"]Can you clarify this for me? They have been using the Arabic zero, which looks like a dot, always, as far as I have ever seen. They frequently put 80 or 90 instead of 800/900, one dot instead of two. Not sure what you are referring to?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I see it is there only because some other perplexed soul inquired about it, but received no answer. I have seen that mark more than any other. Similar to several letters, yet not really a good match for any. Have wondered if they stopped putting a date mark on & this is the mark indicating item is from the post-dating era.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting, although I have no idea of the accuracy:</p><p><a href="http://rawi-magazine.com/articles/everlasting_lustre/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rawi-magazine.com/articles/everlasting_lustre/" rel="nofollow">http://rawi-magazine.com/articles/everlasting_lustre/</a></p><p>Unfortunately, you need to be able to read Arabic to get full use out of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 406113, member: 5833"]Can you clarify this for me? They have been using the Arabic zero, which looks like a dot, always, as far as I have ever seen. They frequently put 80 or 90 instead of 800/900, one dot instead of two. Not sure what you are referring to? I see it is there only because some other perplexed soul inquired about it, but received no answer. I have seen that mark more than any other. Similar to several letters, yet not really a good match for any. Have wondered if they stopped putting a date mark on & this is the mark indicating item is from the post-dating era. Interesting, although I have no idea of the accuracy: [URL]http://rawi-magazine.com/articles/everlasting_lustre/[/URL] Unfortunately, you need to be able to read Arabic to get full use out of it.[/QUOTE]
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