I can kind of see what you mean. This is from the right-hand cartouche and contains what might be a ـسـ (sīn, marked 1) and what could perhaps be a ـة (tāʔ marbūṭa, marked 2), but I can't seem to make sense of the rest.

Language geeks of Bluesky! I'm trying to help a friend of a friend identify the writing on the lid of this old box from Central Asia, but it's not really ringing any bells. Any help would be greatly appreciated.