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

Scimitar

   

Detailed information

Name of the object

Scimitar

Inventory №

2050

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Overall length 755 mm, blade length 600 mm, blade width 30 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

The Bulgarian lands XV – XIX centuries

Item description

Iron blade, slightly curved to the inner cutting edge, partly hardened. The hilt plaques are of dark bone and spread out in two “ears” to either side, but narrow and straight – the type is not characteristic of the region. The scabbard is missing.
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