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    Posted 7 years ago

    barefootyeti
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    FOUND IN AN OLD SHED ITEM IS MADE OF COPPER 55 MM LONG 4MM DIAMETER ON CLOSER EXAMINATION I FOUND I COULD TAKE IT APART THEN INSIDE THE ONE I TOOK OUT IS A COPPER SCROLL WITH ?? WRITING AND HIEROGLYPHICS-THE WRITING LOOKS ARABIC ?? COPPER SCROLL IS 185 MM LONG X 50 MM WIDE ,ON THE TOP OF THE ITEM IT HAS 3 SMALL RINGS .HOPE THIS CAN BE SOLVED NO IDEA MODERN OR OLD??SO SMALL AND THE WORKMAN SHIP IS MAGIC-GREG.

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    1. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 7 years ago
      Looks like it might be a Torah scroll. I have seen them similar to this and also mounted on two spindles.
    2. TiggywinkleKnits, 7 years ago
      It's probably a mezuzah. A Hebrew scroll prayer made very tiny to be worn around the neck or mounted on a doorway.
    3. barefootyeti barefootyeti, 7 years ago
      NOT LOOKING GOOD WILL PUT MORE PHOTOS ON SOME ONE MAY RECOGNISE THE WRITING
    4. barefootyeti barefootyeti, 7 years ago
      CAN ANYONE RECOGNISE THE SCRIPT ITS NOT HEBREW OR EGYPTIAN THAT I CAN MAKE OUT ??
    5. barefootyeti barefootyeti, 7 years ago
      AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE IS A PHOTO OF THE SCROLL IF YOU CLICK ON IT YOU CAN SEE 3 PHOTOS A LITTLE BETTER

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