Project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of Shumen Municipality”

Scimitar

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Name of the object

Scimitar

Inventory №

2053

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Overall length 735 mm, blade length 580 mm, blade width 35 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

The Bulgarian lands XV – XIX centuries

Item description

Iron blade, deeply curved to the inner cutting edge, partly hardened. There are two narrow channels on both sides. The hilt plaques are of white bone and spread out in two “ears” to either side. They are fastened to the blade with four rivets. The hilt is embossed with gilded metal and inlaid elements of red coral. The scabbard is missing.
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Administrative contract on the project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of the Municipality of Shumen, according to the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2014-2021, Program “Cultural entrepreneurship, heritage and cooperation”, Result 1 “Improved management of cultural heritage”, Under result 1.2 “Digitally accessible objects of cultural heritage”

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