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THE BLADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY OR CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY, THE HILT PROBABLY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A GOLD-DAMASCENED SWORD (SHASHKA)
THE BLADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY OR CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY, THE HILT PROBABLY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
One side of the hilt set with filigree panels with four garnets, the single-edged blade with long gold-inlaid inscription
38¾in. (98.4cm.) long
THE BLADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY OR CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY, THE HILT PROBABLY AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
One side of the hilt set with filigree panels with four garnets, the single-edged blade with long gold-inlaid inscription
38¾in. (98.4cm.) long
Engraved
Verses from a qasida by al-Mutanabbi from the eulogies composed for the Hamdanid Sayf al-Dawla, known as the sayfiyyat, [Al-khayl] wa'l-layl wa'l-bayda' … wa'l-sayf wa'l-ramah wa'-qartas wa'l-qalam, '[The steed], the night and the desert [all know me] As do the sword, the spear, the paper and the pen' The rest of the inscription (undeciphered) are Arabic verses on the theme of the pen and the sword
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