What on earth is this? (Found outside my house)

[brooklyn66]

Yesterday came home to find a bit of folded-up paper wedged in a crack in the fence wall bit (pavement goes right past it). Opened it up to find 2x2p coins inside unrecognisable writing - see pic!
What is this?

Wow, another letter nearby is amazing!

Shamelessly marking.

I love the SOAS idea, fingers crossed!

I am intrigued! (And shamelessly placemarking)

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I asked my Hungarian friend. He said "Not enough diacritical marks for Hungarian: There would seem to be mark over an S in the first picture, which might be a hachek, which would suggest a Slav language. "
Also suggested it might be mirror writing.

Well, if it's Cyrillic, then it's that badly written it's pretty much unintelligible. I'm not sure that it is, though.

Could it by Thai??

It's not Cyrillic, I'm sure.

be Thai

Definitely not Thai. I am fluent, Thai script doesn't go in that direction or hover between lines, and just looks very different. Still following to find out the answer, it's fascinating!

Oh, ok, was just a thought.

I am totally riveted by this conundrum

Am now looking at Sanskrit rather than hanging up the washing!

Pacific me too! I can't wait to eventually see the answer. It's not Sanskrit either, or Pali. They have long bits going upwards and downwards, and little circles that sort of 'float'. This much I know, but otherwise still baffled

I wondered if it was Dothraki but it isn't

Dalek?? -clutching at straws-

It's a spell. the coins are added because of their property copper. I would get rid of them. Burn it if you have a log burner and say a cleansing spell to counteract it. It could be to keep the person who wrote it safe or to try to bother someone else either way you don't want to keep it. I will do a cleansing protective energy wash/prayer for you, don't freak you are absolutely safe.

I'm fascinated by this thread. Am I totally naive to ask who writes/makes spells? I've only ever heard about them in children's stories that involve a witch e.g. Room on the broom.

So, what does the spell say?
Wicca writing does not look like that according to Google Images (but what do I know).

Humming quite a lot of people. Some people who just seem to be ordinary and others who are obviously openly practicing witches. Also, some people from cultures other than ours. A lot of Eastern countries have a culture of "magic" and these sort of spells are often protection type spells or a desire for wealth.

If OP is well off it could be someone seeking wealth themselves. There are many spells involving placing things "on a rich man's land" or taking earth from them too.

Could even be a love spell with the same words and names repeated over and over. Two copper coins representing 2 people. I can definitely see the repetition in the script. Or a boundary spell if another was found locally someone might be keeping an unwanted ex away. I had a polish friend and know these traditions are still very much alive in other cultures.

This is fascinating!

Place marking. Please let us find out!

Maybe email the British library?

I know I"ve said this upthread, but I think the 'copper' coins might be the key to understanding a lot. OP, did you clock how old the coins were?

So there's plenty of theories (mostly saying it's a spell) but still no one can translate? Frustrating!