<p>It's an image of what is referred to in the show as the <a href="http://wiki.evageeks.org/Dead_Sea_Scrolls" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dead Sea Scrolls</a>, or specifically the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls, which are the blueprint that SEELE use to implement the Human Instrumentality Project.</p>

<p>That said, the inscription looks suspiciously more like impressionistically-drawn kanji than any of the Aramaic or Hebrew I can find on Google. For example, the first two characters bear a pretty close resemblance to 天使, or "angel".</p>

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How did you get the character 使? All I can see is something that looks a bit like 九.
Maroon
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I agree that shape-wise it's closer to 丸 or 九, but if you accept that the characters are simplified as much as possible while still being nearly recognisable, then the telling part is the cross-stroke on the right side which appears both in the image and on 使. It's definitely not a guaranteed match, but it looks like what I'd do if I wanted to take 天使 and make it look like some kind of ancient symbol. It also helps that neither 天丸 nor 天九 is a word.
ConMan
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ConMan
<p>As already mentioned in <a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/39191/2516">ConMan's answer</a>, it's an image of <a href="http://wiki.evageeks.org/Dead_Sea_Scrolls" rel="noreferrer">Dead Sea Scrolls</a>, or specifically the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls in the show.</p>
<p>Dead Sea Scrolls were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls" rel="noreferrer">real things</a>, and they were written mostly in Hebrew, and some in Aramaic. However, the shown text doesn't have any similarities to both of them. Although some of the characters look like Japanese characters (e.g. 天,丸,乙,せ,き), they were not written in Japanese either (it doesn't have any meaning).</p>
<p>Researching this further, it seems <strong>it's written in some kind of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Alphabet" rel="noreferrer"><em>Angelic Script</em></a></strong>. Some of the real-world examples are Celestial (previous link), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachim" rel="noreferrer">Malachim</a> (<em>angels</em>, or <em>messengers</em>), and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitus_Fluvii" rel="noreferrer">Transitus Fluvii</a> (or <em>Passage Du Fleuve</em>). Note the similarities: the shape, and <strong>dots at the end of the strokes</strong>.</p>
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<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/tjNP8.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/tjNP8l.jpg" alt="angelic script" /></a></p>
<p><sup>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1066233/pg2#pid19311848" rel="noreferrer">CirqueDeTruth on AboveTopSecret forum</a></sup></p>
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<p>Considering the similarity, and also the script's reference to <em>Angel</em> (this series has many references to <em>Angel</em>, nonetheless), it seems to be written in <em>Angelic Script</em>. However, there are no same characters with any of these, so it might be just another Angelic Script created specifically for this series, (or <em>Japanese characters written in Angelic Script</em>, who knows). Hence, <strong>the meaning is also not yet known</strong>.</p>
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<p>Reference: <a href="http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1128369141" rel="noreferrer">Japanese Yahoo! Answers</a> for mentioning 天使文字【てんしもじ】 (<em>tenshi moji</em>, or <em>Angelic Script</em>)</p>

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<p>The opening of this anime is full of references. I've caught all of them except this one. What is the meaning of this and in which language is it written?</p>

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[Here's](http://wiki.evageeks.org/File:Tank_image_13a_dsscroll.jpg) a "clean" version of the same image, for better guesswork.
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What is written in the last scene of the Neon Genesis Evangelion opening?
# What is written in the last scene of the Neon Genesis Evangelion opening?
Posted by: username_0 on 2017-03-01
The opening of this anime is full of references. I've caught all of them except this one. What is the meaning of this and in which language is it written?

[![last scene of Neon Genesis Evangelion OP](https://i.sstatic.net/Eem5f.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Eem5f.jpg)
**Tags:** neon-genesis-evangelion
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: [Here's](http://wiki.evageeks.org/File:Tank_image_13a_dsscroll.jpg) a "clean" version of the same image, for better guesswork.  
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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-03-01. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
It's an image of what is referred to in the show as the [Dead Sea Scrolls](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Dead_Sea_Scrolls), or specifically the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls, which are the blueprint that SEELE use to implement the Human Instrumentality Project.

That said, the inscription looks suspiciously more like impressionistically-drawn kanji than any of the Aramaic or Hebrew I can find on Google. For example, the first two characters bear a pretty close resemblance to 天使, or "angel".
> **Comments:**
> **username_1** (2017-03-01): How did you get the character 使? All I can see is something that looks a bit like 九.  
> **username_2** (2017-03-01): I agree that shape-wise it's closer to 丸 or 九, but if you accept that the characters are simplified as much as possible while still being nearly recognisable, then the telling part is the cross-stroke on the right side which appears both in the image and on 使. It's definitely not a guaranteed match, but it looks like what I'd do if I wanted to take 天使 and make it look like some kind of ancient symbol. It also helps that neither 天丸 nor 天九 is a word.  
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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-03-03. Score: 7
As already mentioned in [ConMan's answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/39191/2516), it's an image of [Dead Sea Scrolls](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Dead_Sea_Scrolls), or specifically the Secret Dead Sea Scrolls in the show.

Dead Sea Scrolls were [real things](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls), and they were written mostly in Hebrew, and some in Aramaic. However, the shown text doesn't have any similarities to both of them. Although some of the characters look like Japanese characters (e.g. 天,丸,乙,せ,き), they were not written in Japanese either (it doesn't have any meaning).

Researching this further, it seems **it's written in some kind of [*Angelic Script*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Alphabet)**. Some of the real-world examples are Celestial (previous link), [Malachim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malachim) (*angels*, or *messengers*), and [Transitus Fluvii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitus_Fluvii) (or *Passage Du Fleuve*). Note the similarities: the shape, and **dots at the end of the strokes**.

> [![angelic script](https://i.sstatic.net/tjNP8l.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/tjNP8.jpg)
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> Image courtesy of [CirqueDeTruth on AboveTopSecret forum](http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1066233/pg2#pid19311848)

Considering the similarity, and also the script's reference to *Angel* (this series has many references to *Angel*, nonetheless), it seems to be written in *Angelic Script*. However, there are no same characters with any of these, so it might be just another Angelic Script created specifically for this series, (or *Japanese characters written in Angelic Script*, who knows). Hence, **the meaning is also not yet known**.

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Reference: [Japanese Yahoo! Answers](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1128369141) for mentioning 天使文字【てんしもじ】 (*tenshi moji*, or *Angelic Script*)
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