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

Scimitar

Back

   

Detailed information

Name of the object

Scimitar

Inventory №

2071

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Overall length 770 mm, blade length 610 mm, blade width 37 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 with a narrow channel on both sides. The hilt plaques are of white bone and spread out in two “ears” to either side, characteristic of the type. The scabbard is missing.
shumen_mncp
Facebook
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”

Content accessibility

Personal Data Protection

Site Map

2023© Shumen Municipality

Skip to content