Now you know how to ask to get tattooed — Jollywoe‘s tattoo, done at English Rose in Peterborough, means “and then he gets dyed” in Epi-Olmec script. The last pictogram is pretty obvious!
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14 responses to “If you find yourself in 50 BCE Mexico”
get dyed… that’s rad.
I don’t get it :S
Looks cool though!
Oh I clicked on the link, now I get it!
Wikid
Maybe I’m being really thick… but I don’t get it.
I love this… gave me a great idea for a tatto…I looked at the link..Love it.
OK fair warning, I’m going to take the fun out of it. For those too lazy to translate (took me a good 15 mins), it’s roughly:
“and then he was dyed” or crudely literally “and then colour he” – very nice.
I can’t help but notice there’s a symbol “to pierce”! I’m most disappointed it hasn’t been used… although it gives me ideas of my own.
I love pictograms! Very simple, yet pretty. 🙂
I love the way this looks! And I love the idea, but I cant figure out for the life of me how anything is obvious from the link.. except the middle symbol looks like an iron haha. Help?
lizface, there is a PDF linked from the page shannon refers to which has more detailed information on word/phrase construction, including the symbols which aren’t on the first page.
those almost remind of the GLYPHS(sp) in the “BLADE” Movie series and …sorry,I NEED a translation..but they are pretty cool and understated
love the guys at english rose!!
rad tat!!
yeah great tattoo…i wondered why we haven’t seen the “to pierce” glyph either.
that is so0 beautiful !
where do i find words on this ancient script?
i was thinking of doing “Love” “Family” and “Honored” on my calf’s…can any one help me??