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reverse side of pendant

Posted by Toya on July 21, 2011 at 1:26am
Does anyone know the meaning of these symbols?
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  • Kathleen McCabe-Elsey July 21, 2011 at 2:04am
    Love this!
  • Toya July 21, 2011 at 5:28am
    I have never seen a magic squares style pendant with the same symbol repeated over and over again. Only one of these is slightly different from the others. A mystery.
  • Ethnic Embellishments July 21, 2011 at 6:04am
    This symbol actually says "Mohamed", the Prophet of Islam.
  • Toya July 21, 2011 at 3:14pm
    Thank you Hillary! I knew I could count on you. Is this symbol written in Arabic script? The writing looks diferent than the caligrapy on the front.
  • Ethnic Embellishments July 22, 2011 at 8:00am
    Hi Toya, Yes, it is Arabic.  As representations of people and animals (animate objects) were frowned upon in Islamic art, calligraphy flourished.  This is a more stylized version of the name.  The way it is used here would have provided the artist with minimal problems as the circle on the right of the name would have been the most difficult to produce.  The other lines are all straight.  It looks like they were stamped/ chiseled on individually.
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