Daily Archives: August 24, 2011

Translation Bleg – Updated

Can anyone translate this from Arabic? (click to embiggen):

The whole box:

The interior and contents:

This was given to my father many years ago when he was with the Traffic Institute at Northwestern University. I believe it was given to him by a Saudi Police Officer. There is an engraving on the other side of the vessel. I’ll try to get a better picture of it or a rubbing of the engraving.

UPDATE (August 24): Here’s a close up of the engraving on the other side of the pitcher.

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