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Subject:Nephrite Jade Seal- Is This Sanskrit?
Posted By: Kevin Donnelley Thu, Feb 13, 2020 IP: 173.2.83.174
All,
I am hoping someone might be able to either provide a translation of the character or characters of the seal, or maybe state whether or not it might be in Sanskrit or possibly of another language.

H: 2 7/8" ; 7.3 cm

Thank you for looking

Kind regards

Kevin







Subject:Re: Nephrite Jade Seal- Is This Sanskrit?
Posted By: Kevin Donnelley Sat, Feb 22, 2020
the seal character on the left may help to establish a connection to a derivative of the Dravidian family of languages . This character was similarly drawn to what is the "sa" character in Kannada, one of the four main Dravidian languages. However, at this time, the other portion of the seal is still an unknown

https://www.omniglot.com/writing/kannada.htm



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