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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GreekAntiques, post: 7419892, member: 64355&quot;]I wanted to share a recent find, which I am so very happy to have and pleased to share.&nbsp; It will be the beginning of a collection, I suspect.&nbsp; Photos are attached, below, and here is what I can tell you:</p><p><br /></p><p>It is an agate, I believe, shaped as an oval and inscribed in Arabic.&nbsp; The writing on top of the long line (letter) through the center is the beginning of the <i>fatiha,</i> or the first verse of the Quran and a common opening prayer for Muslims.&nbsp; It reads (from right to left) <i>B&#039;ismi Allah al-rahman al-raheem,</i> which means in the name of God the all merciful and all compassionate. </p><p><br /></p><p>That is the easy part... I am still working on the rest of the translation, because my Arabic is sadly very rusty.&nbsp; I will continue to work on it (which is why there is tracing over some of the letters in white) and promise to post it when I am done.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of posting, I wasn&#039;t sure exactly where to post this; tribal did not seem correct and I am not sure if it belongs in jewelry. [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] I read with interest your thread on cameos; perhaps this belongs there?&nbsp; [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] do you have any insight? </p><p><br /></p><p>I very much look forward to your observations, as always.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]422646[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]422645[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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