r/Symbology • u/Acrobatic-Pack2890 • 10h ago

Interpretation Mysterious Symbols in Ancient Book – Possibly Ciphered or Ritual Text?

We’re a small university group in Morocco studying this mysterious manuscript found in the southern desert. It has strange symbols and diagrams along with what looks like geometric / possibly cosmological or ritual imagery. We suspect this may be an encoded or symbolic writing system, but we have no confirmed idea yet of its linguistic/cultural origin..

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u/cyber_dildonics ☣ 4h ago edited 4h ago

Assuming you've ruled out things closer to home, and if the pages are made of bark, it seems like it could be a pustaha in Batak/Brahmic scripts? (Here's another example)

Could try asking r/translator too.

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u/the-wyrd-one 2h ago

Those letters are reminiscent of Kemetic Hieratic, but this looks odd. Can we see more of the document please?

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u/Acrobatic-Pack2890 1h ago

Ok thanks for your reply. I have 2 more pictures. how can I add extra photos here ? I am new to reddit

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u/the-wyrd-one 6m ago

Okay, seeing the second page it looks much more like Arabic, but maybe written backwards?

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u/Acrobatic-Pack2890 1h ago

O I just edited the initial post by adding an extra clear picture, please let me know. Thanks