egyptian box, please help with assay city

[nowan]

Hi, I assume it is Egyptian made box. 900/1000 silver content after 1946. If someone could determine and provide info what city it is made in, I will appreciate that. Apparently there is 4 assay offices but can't find info as far as what mark belongs to what city. Also is letter t here stands for year?
Thanks for all help, Andy

[MG]

Hello,
It is 900 silver and assayed in Alexandria. I think the other assay cities are Beni Suef, Cairo and Tanta.
The cat mark was replaced by the lotus flower in 1946; so this is after that date.
According to this site, arabic date letters were used after 1940. This is the letter 'ta', which is just like a t. I think it is the third letter in the arabic alphabet. Obviously, there are a limited number of letters in the alphabet and presumably once a sequence is used up, a different style of the alphabet is used. Or I wonder whether the little dot in the bottom left hand corner of the lotus flower mark and the date letter indicate a certain sequence. Unfortunately, I've never seen a chart of letters against dates for egyptian silver.
I hope that is useful though,
Mehdi

[nowan]

thank you Mehdi, Is there a list anywhere on the net that would show letter/symbol corresponding to assay office for Egyptian silver?
Andy

[MG]

Hello
I've never seen a list on the net but I am trying to obtain one at the moment and if I can get one, I will post it to this site, which I think is the best internet resource at the moment
regards
MG

[nowan]

That would be fantastic. Thanks Andy