Big Red Weirdos

[Linda]

Arabic script is very calligraphic.

A great many beautiful tiles, fabrics, ceramics, and other items are decorated with Arabic script in the same way that other cultures use curlicues. When it's written with a calligraphic flare, it's possible to find almost any shape in decorative Arabic script (especially if the script includes abbreviations) and sometimes two letters next to each other will look like a familiar shape.


I don't know Arabic, I only know part of the alphabet and a few simple words but I suppose it's possible the "left wing" of the "seagull" is dal but then I'm not sure what the "right wing" would be. Arabic letters don't usually lean in the backwards direction except those that go below the baseline.

Or... perhaps the symbol you are referencing is a variation on this symbol which is on a different 'labe:

It is not always there, but i have found a few more. I wish i knew more about the language but i dont know its meaning or what to call it as yet. You are likely right that it is two letters together, i can see a few examples of one side or the other i think.

Here it is more than once, horizontally at about 3 oclock on the circle, this one looks very much like the red weirdo to me. Another like it on the curved edge at around 4 45 ish, one at a bit past six, and not the same, but one that looks taller and more symmetrical at around 7, again on the curved edge, mirror image location to the second one mentioned.