Help me identify this pin and/or the language it's in - please!

originally posted by: drewlander
a reply to: Onlyyouknow

I think you are on to something.

similarities in this ebay item

Thanks, that just confirms for me it is Mesrop Mashtots

It's an Armenian Alphabet Memorial. I think it's just the 36 letters of the alphabet.

a reply to: Onlyyouknow

Armenians pulled down the huge statue of Stalin in 1962 and replaced it with "Mother Armenia."

Maybe a remembrance of that or the other reforms happening then?

a reply to: 35Foxtrot
I think this is the reason for the creation of OP's pin:


"In May 1962 – the year of 1600 th birthday of St. Mesrop – the basalt obelisk in the shape of a huge open book with Armenian inscriptions was erected."

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a reply to: trollz

Yes, it does appear to be the alphabet on the OP's pin. Do you agree?


This was fun!

Got it! it's pronounced:
"nuqDaq 'oH puchpa''e'?"

Translates to:
"Where's the toilet / bathroom?"
in Klingon

Cool looking pin! That was a fun mystery.

The numbers....362....wouldn't be Armenian numbers. Sounds kind of strange that the letters match but not the numbers.

a reply to: Awen24

Possibly a modernized Sinhala (Sri Lankan)?

edit - Nope looks like you guys have cracked it. Armenian.

a reply to: Awen24

Proto Coptic Knights of Malta lapel pin.

originally posted by: rickymouse
The numbers....362....wouldn't be Armenian numbers. Sounds kind of strange that the letters match but not the numbers.

Why would they? We use Arabic numbers in English. So does Russia.

Ok yous guys, lets get going on the Voynich Manuscript..... I got faith in ya...

That was awesome.
Thank you all so much.

I'd looked at Armenian online last night - but whether it was tiredness or the fact that some of the text seemed more modernised, I was struggling to make the connection.

You've all done well!

originally posted by: rickymouse
The numbers....362....wouldn't be Armenian numbers. Sounds kind of strange that the letters match but not the numbers.

Christian/ Catholic calendars go by the Gregorian calendar; hence 1962-362=1600. The pins and medals were created to celebrate the 1600 yr birthdate of the Saint Mesrop Mashtots who was widely known as the inventor of the Armenian alphabet.