[INDOLOGY] query about an inscribed object

[Tyler Williams]

Slight correction:

The text reads ।। कारीगर वीर भांण रे वास जोधपुर जात सुथार ।। kārīgar vīr
bhāṁṇ re vās jodhapur jāt suthār
('re' being a postposition denoting possession)

Parts of the object may well have been a weapon at some point, but it is
doubtful that its current form would have worked as such.  The hinged mouth
and modern filister bolt on one end make it unlikely that anything could
have been discharged from that side; unless the large ring on the other
side could be removed (like a plug), it also seems an unlikely muzzle.
Still, stranger looking objects have functioned as weapons.  (And many
parts of decorative and useful objects were and are still repurposed in
Rajasthan.)

Best,
Tyler



On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:13 PM, Allen Thrasher via INDOLOGY <
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> Date: Sat, 7 May 2016 01:12:13 +0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] query about an inscribed object
> How do the two things sticking out of either side  that look like triggers
> move or work?  Can the internal mechanism if any be described,
> photographed, or diagrammed?  Answers to these might help to guess the
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> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:06 PM, Herman Tull
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> I've been told the images didn't appear.  Here is another attempt.
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> What is the object? Also, help with the translation will be appreciated.
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> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:03 PM, Herman Tull <hermantull at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Elliott,
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>> I stripped away some elements; hopefully, this will work.
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>> Also, I am attaching it for you.  If you can see it, do you know what it
>> is?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Herman
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>> On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 7:31 PM, Elliot Stern <emstern at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>> On 06 May  2016, at 17:18, Herman Tull <hermantull at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> A student sent me the image below, asking if I could translate it.  I'm
>>> used to devanagari in printed texts, and, while I can make out most of it,
>>> I am not at all sure what all the letter-signs even are.  Further, I have
>>> no idea what the language it is. If anyone can read and translate this, I
>>> would appreciate the help.
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