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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9436538, member: 2844"]The lower mark in the first photo says 18, around it is probably the maker's mark. The mark just above it, a bit to the right, could be an Iranian lion head with scimitar mark (on its side).</p><p>Iranian marks certainly have that shape cartouche, but it would be helpful if you said where in the Middle East.</p><p><br /></p><p>Iran would also explain why your Arab friends can't read it, the language is Parsi, written in a modified Arabic script.</p><p><br /></p><p>Egypt is in North Africa, and Egyptian marks are different, generally rectangular cartouches.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9436538, member: 2844"]The lower mark in the first photo says 18, around it is probably the maker's mark. The mark just above it, a bit to the right, could be an Iranian lion head with scimitar mark (on its side). Iranian marks certainly have that shape cartouche, but it would be helpful if you said where in the Middle East. Iran would also explain why your Arab friends can't read it, the language is Parsi, written in a modified Arabic script. Egypt is in North Africa, and Egyptian marks are different, generally rectangular cartouches.[/QUOTE]
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